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Genus Phlaeopterus

Phlaeopterus lagranderi - Phlaeopterus lagrandeuri Mary's Peak Rove - Phlaeopterus lagrandeuri Phlaeopterus Unkown Omallinae - Phlaeopterus Unknown sp. - Phlaeopterus Anthophagini? - Phlaeopterus Anthophagini? - Phlaeopterus Beetle - Phlaeopterus
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 Omaliinae (Ocellate Rove Beetles)
Tribe Anthophagini
Genus Phlaeopterus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
= Vellica Casey(1)
Explanation of Names
Phlaeopterus Motschulsky 1853(1)
Numbers
18 spp., all in our area(1)
Identification
Key to species in (1)
Range
w. NA (Rockies and Pacific coast)(2)
Habitat
along streams, seeps, snowfields(2)
Works Cited
1.Taxonomic revision of the rove beetle genus Phlaeopterus Motschulsky, 1953 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae: Anthophagini)
Logan J. Mullen, J.M. Campbell, and Derek S. Sikes. 2018. Coleopterists Society, Patricia Vaurie Series Monograph 16.
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.