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Subfamily Cholevinae - Small Carrion Beetles

Small Carion Beetle - Catops Leiodidae - Sciodrepoides Catops? - Ptomaphagus - female Catops Sciodrepoides Mordellidae: Nemadus sp.? - Nemadus Catops - Sciodrepoides watsoni - male Sciodrepoides latinotum - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Staphyliniformia)
Superfamily Staphylinoidea
Family Leiodidae (Round Fungus Beetles)
Subfamily Cholevinae (Small Carrion Beetles)
Explanation of Names
Cholevinae Kirby 1837
Numbers
>70 spp. in 9 genera of 4 tribes in our area(1), >2,200 spp. in ~300 genera total, arranged in 7 tribes(2)
Size
0.8‒9 mm(3)
Range
worldwide(3)
Habitat
leaf litter, mammal/bird/tortoise nests/burrows, carrion, caves(4)
Print References
copies of the latest papers all available at (3)
Works Cited
1.An annotated catalog of the Leiodidae (Coleoptera) of the Nearctic region (Continental North America North of Mexico)
S.B. Peck & A.F. Newton. 2017. The Coleopterists Bulletin 71(2): 211-258.
2.Catalogue of Life
3.Cholevidae of the World
4.American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia
Arnett, R.H., Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.). 2000. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 6 November, 2005 - 5:24pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 21 December, 2023 - 8:20pm

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