Genus Dasycerus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Habitat · Food · Internet References · Works Cited

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

13 spp. in our area(1)

Range

holarctic & Oriental; in our area, 12 spp. in so. Appalchians (w.VA-n.AL) + 1 sp. in c.CA(2)

Habitat

fungusy logs & forest debris(2)

Food

adults & larvae mycophagous(2)

Internet References

https://www.jstor.org/stable/4008228

Works Cited

1.	A review of Appalachian Dasycerus Brongniart and the recognition of cryptic diversity within Dasycerus carolinensis Caterino, M.S. and C.W. Harden. 2024. Insect Systematics and Diversity 8(2): 1-22.

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.

Contributed by Jeff Gruber on 27 December, 2010 - 7:39pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov, Thrasher
Last updated 28 April, 2024 - 10:14pm

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