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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Rove Beetles (Staphylinidae) » Crab-like Rove Beetles (Tachyporinae) » Vatesini » Coproporus

Genus Coproporus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Works Cited
Coproporus rutilus (Erichson) - Coproporus rutilus Tachyporinae - Coproporus Rove Beetle - Coproporus ventriculus One more Crablike Rove Beetle - Coproporus 906W12 - Coproporus rutilus 904W07 - Coproporus rutilus crablike rove - Coproporus Roseville-0BG.J.2020.04 - Coproporus
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 Tachyporinae (Crab-like Rove Beetles)
Tribe Vatesini
Genus Coproporus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
our fauna revised in (1)
Explanation of Names
Coproporus Kraatz 1857
Greek 'dung piercer'
Numbers
9 spp. in our area, >220 spp. worldwide(2)(3)
Size
2-3 mm
Identification
See (1)
Range
worldwide except New Zealand(3); in our area, e. & so. US + Pacific Northwest(2)
Habitat
under bark of dead trees/logs, in rotting cacti and plant debris, on various fungi(2)
Works Cited
1.A revision of the genera Coproporus and Cilea (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) of America north of Mexico
Campbell, J.M. 1975. Canadian Entomologist 107: 175-216.
2.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.
3.Newton A.F., Thayer M.K. Catalog of higher taxa of Staphyliniformia and genera and subgenera of Staphylinoidea [online]
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 10 December, 2005 - 10:09pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 4 November, 2024 - 2:14pm

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