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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Rove Beetles (Staphylinidae) » Xantholininae » Xantholinini » Phacophallus » Phacophallus pallidipennis

Species Phacophallus pallidipennis

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Range · Habitat · Works Cited
Phacophallus tricolor (Kraatz) - Phacophallus pallidipennis Staphylinidae - Phacophallus pallidipennis Staphylinidae - Phacophallus pallidipennis Staphylinidae - Phacophallus pallidipennis Phacophallus tricolor - Phacophallus pallidipennis - female Rove - Phacophallus pallidipennis Staphylinidae - Phacophallus pallidipennis Phacophallus pallidipennis
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 Xantholininae
Tribe Xantholinini
Genus Phacophallus
Species pallidipennis (Phacophallus pallidipennis)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Phacophallus tricolor (Kraatz 1859)(1) (2)
Leptacinus tricolor Kraatz 1859
Explanation of Names
Phacophallus pallidipennis (Motschulsky, 1858)
Range
native to the Oriental Region, adventive in NA (and elsewhere) and now widespread(3)
Recently recorded in Canada(4)
Habitat
decaying organic matter (incl. compost), esp. in synanthropic situations(3)
Works Cited
1.Xantholinini of the Oriental (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae): Classification, Phylogeny and Taxonomic Revision
Arnaldo Bordoni. 2002. Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali.
2.New species and new records of Staphylinidae from Reunion Island (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)
Jiri Janak . 2014. Studies and Reports Taxonomical Series.
3.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.
4.New records of rove beetles from the Province of Quebec, and additional provincial records in Canada (Coleoptera, Staphylinid
Nicolas Bédard, Adam Brunke, Pierrick Bloin, Ludovic Leclerc. 2024. Zookeys.
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 18 July, 2010 - 9:41pm
Additional contributions by v belov, NickBedard
Last updated 13 May, 2024 - 10:39am

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