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Genus Hesperus

Red-tail rove - Hesperus apicialis red rover - Hesperus baltimorensis Large Rove Beetle - Hesperus apicialis Memphis Bioblitz 2016 Rove Beetle - Hesperus baltimorensis Hesperus baltimorensis staphylinid - Hesperus baltimorensis Hesperus - Hesperus baltimorensis Hesperus arizonicus? - Hesperus arizonicus
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 Staphylininae (Large Rove Beetles)
Tribe Staphylinini
Subtribe Philonthina
Genus Hesperus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Hesperus Fauvel 1874
Numbers
6 spp. in our area, >200 spp. worldwide(1)
Still missing in guide:
- Hesperus serpentinus (Horn, 1884) [FL to AL/KY]
- Hesperus bicolor Smetana, 1995 [FL]
Identification
Revision in(2)
synopsis on four spp. in(3)
Range
nearly worldwide, most spp. palaeotropical; in our area, e. US north into QC-ON + MT & AZ(1)
Habitat
Two common species are associated with old trees, tree holes, and decaying logs(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.Rove beetles of the subtribe Philonthina of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)
Smetana, Ales. 1995. Associated Publishers.
3.The North American species of HESPERUS Fauvel, with descriptions of two new species (COLEOPTERA; STAPHYLINIDAE)
Moore, I. 1958. Trans. San Diego Society of Natural History 12 (18): 311 - 318 .