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Tribe Scaphisomatini

Shining Fungus Beetle - Baeocera Shining Fungus Beetle - Baeocera Scaphisoma?  - Baeocera Slime Mold Beetles - Baeocera Baeocera? - Baeocera Staphylinidae? Beetle Scaphisomatini? - Baeocera
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 Scaphidiinae (Shining Fungus Beetles)
Tribe Scaphisomatini
Numbers
64 spp. in 4 genera in our area, 37 genera worldwide(1)
Range
most of the world and NA; highest diversity in the Old World tropics(1)
See Also
Print References
(2)
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.
2.Phylogeny and classification of Scaphisomatini ... with notes on mycophagy, termitophily, and function morphology
Richard A. B. Leschen and Ivan Löbl. 2005. Coleopterists Society Monographs, Patricia Vaurie Series, No. 3, pp. 1-63.