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Species Thoracophorus costalis

tiny wrinkled rove - Thoracophorus costalis

Possible Pseudopsinae? - Thoracophorus costalis

Staphylinidae, dorsal - Thoracophorus costalis

rove beetle – Thoracophorus costalis? - Thoracophorus costalis

Thoracophorus costalis? - Thoracophorus costalis

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 Osoriinae (Unmargined Rove Beetles)

Tribe Thoracophorini

Genus Thoracophorus

Species costalis (Thoracophorus costalis)

Other Common Names

the furrowed rove beetle (1)

Explanation of Names

Thoracophorus costalis (Erichson 1840)

Size

2-3 mm(2)

Range

e. NA w/ scattered Rocky Mtn records to AB-CO (NB-AB to FL-TX) - Map (1)(2)(3)(4)

Habitat

found in a wide range of leaf litter, under var. bark and asso. w/ rotting logs(2)

Season

yr round(1)

Print References

Erichson, W.F. (1840). Genera et species staphylinorum insectorum coleopterorum familiae, F. H. Morin, Berlin. pp. 401-954, pls. 1-5.

Works Cited

1.	“Collection Bias” and the Importance of Natural History Collections in Sp. Habitat Modeling: Case Study Using Thoracophorus Ferro, M.L. and A.J. Flick. 2015. The Coleopterists Bulletin 69(3): 415-425.

2.	Review of the genus Thoracophorus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Osoriinae) in North America north of Mexico, with a key to species Ferro, M.L. 2015. The Coleopterists Bulletin 69(1): 1–10.

3.	New Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) records with new collection data from New Brunswick, Canada: Scaphidiinae, Piestinae, Osorinae... Webster R.P., Sweeney J.D., Demerchant I. 2012. Zookeys 186: 239-262.

4.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by Jim McClarin on 13 May, 2006 - 4:59am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 10 June, 2022 - 3:41pm

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