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Genus Zyras

Zyras rudis Zyras obliquus Zyras sp. - Zyras
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 Aleocharinae
Tribe Lomechusini
Genus Zyras
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
treated restrictively in(1)
Explanation of Names
Zyras Stephens 1835
Numbers
3 spp. in our area, all in the nominate subgenus(1); if treated inclusively, >800 spp. in 60 subgenera worldwide(2)
Range
much of the world(2) and throughout NA(1)