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Genus Ephelinus

Rove - Ephelinus Coleoptera - Ephelinus Coleoptera - Ephelinus Coleoptera - Ephelinus Rove Beetle - Ephelinus notatus Self-dissecting? - Ephelinus - male Rove Beetle - Ephelinus guttatus Rove Beetle - Ephelinus notatus
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 Coryphiini
Genus Ephelinus
Explanation of Names
Ephelinus Cockerell 1906
Numbers
3 spp., all in our area(1)
Range
e. half of the US + ON(1)
Habitat
litter near water(1)
Season
mostly fall and spring(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.