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Genus Dasycerus

Dasycerus angulicollis Horn - Dasycerus angulicollis Dasycerus sp. - Dasycerus carolinensis Dasycerus Dasycerus carolinensis Dasycerus carolinensis Dasycerus concolor Dasycerus bicolor Dasycerus angulicollis
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 Dasycerinae
Genus Dasycerus
Explanation of Names
Dasycerus Brongniart 1800
Numbers
4 spp. in our area, 17 total(1)
Range
holarctic & Oriental; in our area, 3 spp. in so. Appalchians (w.VA-n.AL) + 1 sp. in c.CA(1)
Habitat
fungusy logs & forest debris(1)
Food
adults & larvae mycophagous(1)
Internet References
https://www.jstor.org/stable/4008228
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.