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Species Anotylus insecatus

Anotylus insecatus (Gravenhorst, 1806) - Anotylus insecatus

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 Oxytelinae (Spiny-legged Rove Beetles)

Tribe Oxytelini

Genus Anotylus

Species insecatus (Anotylus insecatus)

Explanation of Names

Anotylus insecatus (Gravenhorst 1806)

Identification

primarily subterranean, in dung and other decaying organic matter, incl. plant bulbs/roots infested with dipteran larvae; also at sap flows(1)

Range

native to Europe, adventive in NA: so. Canada (NS-AB) + CA(1)(2)

Habitat

bulbs of onions, tulips, and radishes(2)

Food

dipteran larvae(1)

Remarks

introduced ca. 1950s(1)

Print References

(3)

Works Cited

1.	Introduced Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) in the Maritime Provinces of Canada Majka C.G., Klimaszewski J. 2008. The Canadian Entomologist 140: 48-72.

2.	New Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) records with new collection data from New Brunswick, Canada: Scaphidiinae, Piestinae, Osorinae... Webster R.P., Sweeney J.D., Demerchant I. 2012. Zookeys 186: 239-262.

3.	The First Record of the Palearctic Species Anotylus insecatus (Gravenhorst) (Coleoptera:Staphylinidae) from North America J. M. Campbell and A. D. Tomlin. 1983. The Coleopterists Bulletin, Vol. 37, No. 4, pp. 309-313.

Contributed by v belov on 2 March, 2011 - 2:23pm
Additional contributions by Bbarnd
Last updated 12 November, 2021 - 4:21pm

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