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Genus Micralymma

Micralymma brevilingue (Schiødte) - Micralymma brevilingue
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 Omaliini
Genus Micralymma
Explanation of Names
Micralymma Westwood 1837
Numbers
2 spp. in our area, 3 spp. total(1)
Range
holarctic; both our spp. also occur in the Old World (n. Europe, Siberia); in our area, 1 sp. NF-MA, another in nw. NA (YT-NT-AK)(1)
Habitat
ocean beaches & river shores(1)
Remarks
flightless
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.