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Tribe Abraeini

small clown beetle - Plegaderus sayi Histerid - Plegaderus confusus Histerid - Plegaderus barbelini Histerid - Plegaderus small Histerid - Plegaderus sayi Plegaderus fraternus - Plegaderus Chaetabraeus (Mazureus) chandleri Mazur - Chaetabraeus chandleri - male Plegaderus transversus? - Plegaderus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
No Taxon (Series Staphyliniformia)
Superfamily Hydrophiloidea (Water Scavenger and Clown Beetles)
Family Histeridae (Clown Beetles)
Subfamily Abraeinae
Tribe Abraeini
Explanation of Names
Abraeini MacLeay 1819
Numbers
14 spp. in 3 genera in our area(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.