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Genus Deleaster

Deleaster Deleaster Staphylinid - Deleaster unknown rove beetle - Deleaster dichrous Rove beetle - Deleaster Dealaster dichrous - Deleaster dichrous Pennsylvania Rove for ID - Deleaster dichrous Pennsylvania Beetle for ID - Deleaster dichrous
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 Oxytelinae (Spiny-legged Rove Beetles)
Tribe Euphaniini
Genus Deleaster
Explanation of Names
Deleaster Erichson 1839
Numbers
3 spp. (2 native, 1 adventive) in our area; several more spp. in Eurasia & Ethiopia(1)
Range
in our area, the native spp. are western (CO & BC to NM-CA), and the adventive European D. dichrous, northeastern (NF-OH-MB)(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.