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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Rove Beetles (Staphylinidae) » Paederinae » Lathrobiini » Medonina » Lithocharis » Lithocharis ochracea

Species Lithocharis ochracea

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Range · Habitat · Remarks · Works Cited
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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 Paederinae
Tribe Lathrobiini
Subtribe Medonina
Genus Lithocharis
Species ochracea (Lithocharis ochracea)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
The correct name for this species is Lithocharis ochracea. The argument for tricolor was based on a mistake in the literature that has been clarified. --Adam Brunke 2021
Explanation of Names
Lithocharis ochracea (Gravenhorst 1802)
Range
cosmopolitan(1), adventive and widespread in NA (scattered records across the continent, mostly on the Atlantic & Pacific coasts)(2)
Habitat
in NA, synanthropic; fields, parks, in litter, rotten hay, compost(3)
Remarks
earliest record in our area: before 1905(3)
Works Cited
1.Coleoptera Poloniae
2.Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition
Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.
3.Introduced Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) in the Maritime Provinces of Canada
Majka C.G., Klimaszewski J. 2008. The Canadian Entomologist 140: 48-72.
Contributed by Blaine Mathison on 1 October, 2010 - 9:51am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 5 March, 2021 - 11:24am

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