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Genus Orus

Orus fraternus Fall - Orus fraternus click beetle? - Orus dentiger click beetle? - Orus dentiger Rove Beetle - Orus dentiger Lathrobiini - Orus ferrugineus - male Lathrobiini - Orus ferrugineus - male Orus? Maybe O. ferrugineus? - Orus ferrugineus Orus? Maybe O. ferrugineus? - Orus ferrugineus
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 Scopaeina
Genus Orus
Explanation of Names
Orus Casey 1884
Numbers
4 subgenera with >15 spp. in our area, ~20 described spp. total(1)
Range
New World (south to Suriname); in our area, widespread but mostly western(1)
Habitat
mainly riparian in forest/marsh habitats; also on fungi & at UV lights(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.