Species Habrocerus capillaricornis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Habitat · Remarks · Works Cited

Rove Beetle - Habrocerus capillaricornis

Unknown Staphylinidae - Habrocerus capillaricornis

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 Habrocerinae

Genus Habrocerus

Species capillaricornis (Habrocerus capillaricornis)

Explanation of Names

Habrocerus capillaricornis (Gravenhorst 1806)

Range

native to w. Palaearctic, adventive and widespread in NA(1)

Habitat

forested areas: under bark, in litter, fungi, compost; in NB, common in piles of leaves made the previous year(2)

Remarks

earliest record in our area: MA 1931(1)

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.	New Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) records with new collection data from New Brunswick, Canada: Omaliinae, Micropeplinae... Webster R.P., Sweeney J.D., Demerchant I. 2012. Zookeys 186: 7-29.

Contributed by tom murray on 28 March, 2010 - 7:00pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 2 May, 2013 - 3:35pm

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