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Genus Porrhodites

Rove Beetle - Porrhodites inflatus Porrhoidites inflatus (Hatch) - Porrhodites inflatus Porrhoidites inflatus (Hatch) - Porrhodites inflatus Porrhoidites inflatus (Hatch) - Porrhodites inflatus Porrhoidites inflatus (Hatch) - Porrhodites inflatus
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 Omaliinae (Ocellate Rove Beetles)
Tribe Anthophagini
Genus Porrhodites
Explanation of Names
Porrhodites Kraatz 1857
Numbers
2 spp. in the genus, both in our area(1)
Range
1 sp. holarctic (in our area, transcontinental in the north, LB-WI-AK), another one is known from ne. US & adjacent Canada + the Rockies & Pacific states/provinces(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.