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Genus Batriasymmodes

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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 Pselaphinae (Ant-loving Beetles)
Supertribe Batrisitae
Genus Batriasymmodes
Explanation of Names
Batriasymmodes Park 1951
Numbers
15 spp., all in our area(1)
Range
e. NA, mostly in the Appalalachians(1)
Habitat
mostly troglobites/troglophiles; some in leaf litter or rotten wood; one sp. associated with ants(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.