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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Series Staphyliniformia » Rove, Carrion and Fungus Beetles (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-ventriculus - Coproporus ventriculus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

No Taxon (Series Staphyliniformia)

Superfamily Staphylinoidea (Rove, Carrion and Fungus Beetles)

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

Important characters(4):

small, elongate, convex

head not margined, antennae inserted on sides of head

mesosternum carinate (ridged)

abdomen tapering, with margin on side above, below with six sternites

procoxae conical and prominent

front tarsi (protarsi) of male simple

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]

4.	A Manual of Common Beetles of Eastern North America Dillon, Elizabeth S., and Dillon, Lawrence. 1961. Row, Peterson, and Company.

Contributed by Jim McClarin on 10 December, 2005 - 10:09pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 16 August, 2020 - 1:11pm

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