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Genus Dropephylla

Rove Beetle - Dropephylla cacti Xylodromus depressus (Gravenhorst) - Dropephylla longula Staphylinidae - Dropephylla cacti Staphylinidae - Dropephylla cacti Staphylinidae - Dropephylla cacti Dropephylla cacti Dropephylla cacti Dropephylla cacti
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 Omaliini
Genus Dropephylla
Explanation of Names
Dropephylla Mulsant & Rey 1880
Numbers
2 spp. in our area; 30 more in the Old World(1)
Range
w. NA (AK-CA east to AB & NM) and the Palaearctic(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.