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Genus Microlia

Rove Beetle - Microlia
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 Aleocharinae
Tribe Hoplandriini
Genus Microlia
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
=Nosora Casey; genus formerly treated in Athetini(1)
Explanation of Names
Microlia Casey 1910
Numbers
2 spp. in our area, 6 spp. total(1)
Range
s. US to Costa Rica; in our area, one sp. in se. US and one in sw. US (TX-AZ)(1)