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Genus Acidota

ocellate rove beetle - Acidota subcarinata rove beetle - Acidota subcarinata Rove beetle? - Acidota subcarinata small beetle? - Acidota subcarinata ocellate rove beetle - Acidota subcarinata Rove Beetle - Acidota crenata Reddish brown rove beetle - Acidota quadrata Rove Beetle ? - Acidota subcarinata
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 Omaliinae (Ocellate Rove Beetles)
Tribe Anthophagini
Genus Acidota
Explanation of Names
Acidota Stephens 1829
Numbers
3 spp. in our area, 13 total(1)
Identification
Our spp. can be distinguished as follows:
1 Dorsum almost nude (few short setae), elytral punctures subseriate => A. crenata
dorsum hairy, elytral punctures confused ... 2
2 pronotum with midline shiny and raised, with impressions on each side => A. subcarinata
pronotum not impressed, midline shiny but flat => A. quadrata
Do not use the key in (2), it's fraught with errors
Range
Holarctic; Taiwan(1)
Habitat
litter, moss in forests and bogs(1)
Works Cited
1.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.
2.The Beetles of Northeastern North America, Vol. 1 and 2.
Downie, N.M., and R.H. Arnett. 1996. The Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, FL.