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Genus Pella

Pella fauveli (Sharp) - Pella fauveli Pella fauveli (Sharp) - Pella fauveli Aleocharinae - Pella Pella planifer Pella - Pella fauveli Small staph - Pella Small staph - Pella Pella schmitti
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 Aleocharinae
Tribe Lomechusini
Genus Pella
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
treated as a subg. of Zyras in(1); many NA spp. currently in Zyras will be transferred to Pella(2)
Explanation of Names
Pella Stephens 1835
Numbers
9 spp. in our area(2)
Habitat
associated mainly with Lasius (Dendrolasius) spp. (occasionally with Crematogaster, Formica, Liometopum, Tapinoma)(2)