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Genus Heterothops

Rove beetle - Heterothops fusculus Rove Beetle - Heterothops rove beetle - Heterothops fusculus rove beetle - Heterothops fusculus rove beetle - Heterothops fusculus Heterothops fusculus? - Heterothops fusculus Rove Beetle - Heterothops Staphylinidae Philonthus species?  - Heterothops
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 Staphylininae (Large Rove Beetles)
Tribe Staphylinini
Subtribe Amblyopinina
Genus Heterothops
Explanation of Names
Heterothops Stephens 1829
Numbers
18 spp. in our area, ~140 total(1)
Range
nearly worldwide, incl much of NA(1), where all but 5 spp. are western(2)
Habitat
mainly forest leaf litter, decaying logs, treeholes, mammal nests, wet biotopes(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.
2.Staphylinidae of eastern Canada and the adjacent United States. Keys to subfamilies; Staphylininae: ...
Brunke A., Newton A., Klimaszewski J., Majka C.G., Marshall S. 2011. Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification 12: 1-110.