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Genus Arpedium

Rove beetle - Arpedium - male rove beetle - Arpedium cribratum Honey colored Rove Beetle - Arpedium Coleoptera - Arpedium Beetle - Arpedium Rove Beetle - Arpedium cribratum Arpedium cribratum - female Arpedium schwarzi - male
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 Omaliinae (Ocellate Rove Beetles)
Tribe Anthophagini
Genus Arpedium
Explanation of Names
Arpedium Erichson 1839
Numbers
3 described + 2 undescribed spp. in our area(1) (still undescribed as of 21.x.2010, according to M.K. Thayer)
Range
e. NA(1); also Eurasia
Habitat
flood debris, litter, moss near water; occasionally rodent nests (vole, beaver)(1)
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.