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Genus Lathrobium

Rove Beetle - Lathrobium Rove Beetle - Lathrobium Rove Beetle - Lathrobium Lathrobium? - Lathrobium Lathrobium fauveli Duvivier - Lathrobium fauveli Lathrobium scolopaceum (Casey) - Lathrobium scolopaceum Black rove beetle with brown elytra - Lathrobium Lathrobium - Lathrobium fauveli
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 Paederinae
Tribe Lathrobiini
Subtribe Lathrobiina
Genus Lathrobium
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Tetartopeus is treated here as a separate genus
Explanation of Names
Lathrobium Gravenhorst 1802
Numbers
~60 spp. in 6 subgenera in our area, ~300 worldwide(1)
Range
worldwide and throughout NA, but mostly eastern(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.