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Tribe Oxytelini

rove beetle - Anotylus rugosus Anotylus insecatus (Gravenhorst, 1806) - Anotylus insecatus Spiny-legged Rove Beetle Spiny-legged Rove Beetle - Anotylus insignitus Rove beetle feeding on pony feces - Anotylus  Loomis-J.2021.05 - Carpelimus Oxytelus sp. - Oxytelus rove beetle - Carpelimus
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 Oxytelini
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
classification per(1), not(2)
Numbers
the largest tribe of the subfamily, with ~130 spp. (incl. 10 adventive) in 12 genera in our area(1)(2)
Works Cited
1.Systematics and phylogenetic relationships of the genera in the Carpelimus group (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Oxytelinae)
Makranczy G. 2006. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici 98: 29-120.
2.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.