Species Stenus clavicornis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Remarks · Works Cited

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 Steninae (Water Skaters)

Genus Stenus

No Taxon (Subgenus Stenus)

Species clavicornis (Stenus clavicornis)

Explanation of Names

Stenus clavicornis (Scopoli 1763)

Range

native to the Palaearctic, adventive in NA and known from se. Canada and New England(1)

Remarks

first detected in our area: QC 1968(1)

Works Cited

1.	Introduced Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) in the Maritime Provinces of Canada Majka C.G., Klimaszewski J. 2008. The Canadian Entomologist 140: 48-72.

Contributed by tom murray on 26 August, 2010 - 5:58pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Boris Bueche, v belov
Last updated 21 January, 2013 - 1:30pm

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