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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Rove Beetles (Staphylinidae) » Crab-like Rove Beetles (Tachyporinae) » Vatesini » Cilea » Cilea silphoides

Species Cilea silphoides

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · Habitat · Works Cited
Cilea silphoides (Linne) - Cilea silphoides
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 Tachyporinae (Crab-like Rove Beetles)
Tribe Vatesini
Genus Cilea
Species silphoides (Cilea silphoides)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
=Leucoparyphus silphoides
Range
cosmopolitan, native range unknown; adventive in NA and Europe and now widespread in the US and adjacent Canada(1)(2)(3)
Habitat
usually synanthropic, in decaying plant material (compost, grass piles, rotting hay, fruit, dung)(3)
Works Cited
1.Bousquet Y., ed. (1991) Checklist of the beetles of Canada and Alaska
2.Coleoptera families other than Cerambycidae, Curculionidae sensu lato, Chrysomelidae sensu lato and Coccinelidae -- Chapter 8.5
Denux O., Zagatti P. 2010. BioRisk 4: 315–406.
3.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.
Contributed by Tim Loh on 16 December, 2011 - 7:45pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 17 December, 2011 - 7:42am

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