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Genus Megarthrus

sawed-off staphylinid? - Megarthrus bioblitz beetle #3098 - Megarthrus pictus Sap-feeding beetle? - Megarthrus Megarthrus Staphylinid - Megarthrus angulicollis - male Another Proteinus? - Megarthrus Another Proteinus? - Megarthrus very small beetle - Megarthrus pictus
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 Proteininae
Genus Megarthrus
Explanation of Names
Megarthrus Stephens 1829
Numbers
12 spp. in our area, ~120 spp. total(1)
Range
worldwide except Australia, New Zealand, and temperate S. America; in our area, mostly western & eastern(1)
Habitat
leaf litter, rotten wood, fungi, dung, carrion, flood debris(1)
Food
sapro-/mycophagous(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.