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Genus Megalopinus

Megalopinus caelatus (Gravenhorst) - Megalopinus caelatus Cute Rove Beetle (???) - Megalopinus caelatus Cute Rove Beetle (???) - Megalopinus caelatus Cute Rove Beetle (???) - Megalopinus caelatus Rove Beetle - Megalopinus caelatus Rove Beetle - Megalopinus caelatus Megalopinus caelatus Megalopinus lingafelteri
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 Megalopsidiinae
Genus Megalopinus
Explanation of Names
Megalopinus Eichelbaum 1915
Numbers
2 spp. in our area, well over 100 spp. total(1)
Range
primarily pantropical, ranging into so. US (to IN-OK-AZ)(1)
Habitat
associated with decaying trees & fungusy logs(1)
Remarks
rarely found(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.