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Species Habrocerus capillaricornis

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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.