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Genus Stenichnus

Ant-like stone beetle? - Stenichnus scutellaris tiny hairy beetle - Stenichnus Ant-like Stone Beetle - Stenichnus Ant-like Stone Beetle - Stenichnus Staph 34 - Stenichnus Staph 34 - Stenichnus Tiny Beetle - Stenichnus Stenichnus
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 Scydmaeninae (Ant-like Stone Beetles)
Tribe Glandulariini
Genus Stenichnus
Explanation of Names
Stenichnus Thomson 1859
Numbers
10 spp. (of which at least one adventive) in our area(1)(2), ~200 total(3)
Range
worldwide(3); in our area, ON, e. US, IA, CA(1)(2)
Works Cited
1.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.
2.DNA barcodes reveal 63 overlooked species of Canadian beetles (Insecta, Coleoptera)
Pentinsaari M, Anderson R, Borowiec L, Bouchard P, Brunke A, Douglas H, Smith A, Hebert P. 2019. ZooKeys 894: 53–150.
3.Newton A.F., Thayer M.K. Catalog of higher taxa of Staphyliniformia and genera and subgenera of Staphylinoidea [online]