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Rugilus orbiculatus
Species
Rugilus orbiculatus
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