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Species Oxytelus laqueatus

Rove Beetle - Oxytelus laqueatus Rove Beetle - Oxytelus laqueatus Rove Beetle - Oxytelus laqueatus
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 Oxytelinae (Spiny-legged Rove Beetles)
Tribe Oxytelini
Genus Oxytelus
Species laqueatus (Oxytelus laqueatus)
Explanation of Names
Oxytelus laqueatus (Marsham 1802)
Range
native to the Palaearctic, adventive in NA (first detected: 1918, NY)(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.
Contributed by v belov on 14 April, 2010 - 11:27am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 2 May, 2013 - 10:35am

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