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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Rove Beetles (Staphylinidae) » Paederinae » Lathrobiini » Stilicina » Rugilus » Rugilus orbiculatus

Species Rugilus orbiculatus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Remarks · Works Cited
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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 Paederinae
Tribe Lathrobiini
Subtribe Stilicina
Genus Rugilus
Species orbiculatus (Rugilus orbiculatus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
latiusculus Casey 1885, oregonus Casey 1905
Explanation of Names
Rugilus orbiculatus (Paykull 1789)
Size
3.5-4.5 mm(1)
Range
native to, and widespread across the Palaearctic(2), adventive in NA and now widespread in ne. US (to KS) & ON as well as in w. NA (AK-CA-UT)(3)(1) and other continents(4)
Remarks
earliest record in our area: before 1905
Works Cited
1.Three Palearctic species of Rugilus Leach in North America (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Paederinae)...
Hoebeke E.R. 1995. Insecta Mundi 9: 69-89.
2.Coleoptera Poloniae
3.Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition
Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.
4.de Jong Y.S.D.M. et al. (2014) Fauna Europaea - all European animal species on the web. Biodiversity Data Journal 2: e4034.
Contributed by v belov on 15 February, 2011 - 5:48pm
Last updated 16 March, 2015 - 11:22am

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