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Species Quedius cruentus

Quedius cruentus - dark form - Quedius cruentus

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 Quediina

Genus Quedius

No Taxon (subgenus Microsaurus)

Species cruentus (Quedius cruentus)

Explanation of Names

Quedius (Microsaurus) cruentus (Olivier 1795)

Range

native to w. Palaearctic, adventive in NA and now spread in ne. US (ME-MI to PA-OH) and QC(1)(Hoebeke 2008)

Remarks

earliest NA record: NY 1983(1)

Works Cited

1.	Adventive species of Quedius (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) in North America: a survey and new Canadian record Majka C.G., Michaud J.-P., Moreau G. 2009. ZooKeys 22: 341–345.

Contributed by tom murray on 15 October, 2011 - 5:44pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 14 May, 2012 - 11:32am

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