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Genus Eleusis

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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 Osoriinae (Unmargined Rove Beetles)
Tribe Eleusinini
Genus Eleusis
Explanation of Names
Eleusis Laporte de Castelnau 1835
Numbers
2 spp. in our area, ~200 total(1)
Range
pantropical genus ranging into warm temperate areas of NA & Asia; in our area, e. &* sw. US(1)
Habitat
under bark of dead trees, esp. poplars & hardwoods(1)
See Also
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.