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Species Deleaster dichrous

Oxytelinae - Spiny-legged Rove Beetles - Deleaster dichrous Dermaptera ? - Deleaster dichrous Deleaster dichrous ? - Deleaster dichrous Deleaster dichrous Deleaster dichrous Dealaster dichrous - Deleaster dichrous Pennsylvania Beetle for ID - Rove - Deleaster dichrous Pennsylvania Rove for ID - Deleaster dichrous
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 Oxytelinae (Spiny-legged Rove Beetles)
Tribe Euphaniini
Genus Deleaster
Species dichrous (Deleaster dichrous)
Range
native to w. Palaearctic; in NA first found in PQ (1934), currently known in the northeast (NF-NH-ON)(1)
Habitat
often in damp basements, but also in the wild along streams(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.