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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Rove Beetles (Staphylinidae) » Spiny-legged Rove Beetles (Oxytelinae) » Oxytelini » Anotylus » Anotylus rugosus

Species Anotylus rugosus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Remarks · Works Cited
Oxytelus sp.? - Anotylus rugosus Beetle - Anotylus rugosus - female Beetle - Anotylus rugosus - female Beetle - Anotylus rugosus - female Rove Beetle - Anotylus rugosus Anotylus rugosus - male Anotylus - Anotylus rugosus Anotylus - Anotylus rugosus
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 Staphylinidae (Rove Beetles)
Subfamily Oxytelinae (Spiny-legged Rove Beetles)
Tribe Oxytelini
Genus Anotylus
Species rugosus (Anotylus rugosus)
Explanation of Names
Anotylus rugosus (Fabricius 1775)
Range
native to n. Eurasia, adventive in our area (across Canada & n. US)(1)(2)
Remarks
Males: sternite VI with a triangular tooth on posterior margin, sternite VII with a short, bisinuate posterior ridge(3)
Works Cited
1.Introduced Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) in the Maritime Provinces of Canada
Majka C.G., Klimaszewski J. 2008. The Canadian Entomologist 140: 48-72.
2.Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition
Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.
3.The First Record of the Palearctic Species Anotylus insecatus (Gravenhorst) (Coleoptera:Staphylinidae) from North America
J. M. Campbell and A. D. Tomlin. 1983. The Coleopterists Bulletin, Vol. 37, No. 4, pp. 309-313.
Contributed by tom murray on 25 March, 2010 - 9:38pm
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 2 August, 2022 - 5:40pm

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