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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Rove Beetles (Staphylinidae) » Paederinae » Lathrobiini » Stilicina » Rugilus » Rugilus rufipes

Species Rugilus rufipes

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Works Cited
Pencil-neck rove - Rugilus rufipes Pencil-neck rove - Rugilus rufipes rove beetle - Rugilus rufipes Rugilus rufipes? - Rugilus rufipes Staphylinid - Rugilus rufipes - Rugilus rufipes Rove Beetle - Rugilus rufipes Lathrobiini - Sunius? - Rugilus rufipes
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 Paederinae
Tribe Lathrobiini
Subtribe Stilicina
Genus Rugilus
Species rufipes (Rugilus rufipes)
Explanation of Names
Author: Germar, 1836
Identification
High-res image of an adult
Range
native to the Palearctic, established in nw. and ne. NA(1)
Works Cited
1.Three Palearctic species of Rugilus Leach in North America (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Paederinae)...
Hoebeke E.R. 1995. Insecta Mundi 9: 69-89.
Contributed by tom murray on 28 March, 2010 - 5:18pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, urtica, v belov
Last updated 6 May, 2022 - 11:06pm

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