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Genus Prionochaeta

Prionochaeta opaca Prionochaeta opaca 9020595 Leptodiid? - Prionochaeta opaca Leiodidae, Round Fungus Beetle, ventral - Prionochaeta opaca Leiodidae Prionochaeta opaca perhaps  - Prionochaeta opaca Prionochaeta opaca Prionochaeta opaca Staphylinoidea – Round Fungus Beetles – Leiodidae – Small Carrion Beetles – Cholevinae – Cholevini - Prionochaeta opaca
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 Leiodidae (Round Fungus Beetles)
Subfamily Cholevinae (Small Carrion Beetles)
Tribe Cholevini
Genus Prionochaeta
Explanation of Names
Prionochaeta Horn 1880
Numbers
A single species in our area, 4 spp. total(1)
Range
holarctic (e.NA & E.Asia)(1)
Works Cited
1.An annotated catalog of the Leiodidae (Coleoptera) of the Nearctic region (Continental North America North of Mexico)
S.B. Peck & A.F. Newton. 2017. The Coleopterists Bulletin 71(2): 211-258.