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Genus Clavilispinus

Clavilispinus exiguus (Erichson) - Clavilispinus exiguus  Clavilispinus (Prolibia) rufescens - Clavilispinus rufescens Clavilispinus rufescens small rove beetle - Clavilispinus small rove beetle - Clavilispinus small rove beetle #1 - Clavilispinus small rove beetle #1 - Clavilispinus small rove beetle #1 - Clavilispinus
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 Osoriinae (Unmargined Rove Beetles)
Tribe Thoracophorini
Genus Clavilispinus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
4 spp. recently moved from Clavilispinus to Prolibia(1)
Explanation of Names
Clavilispinus Bernhauer 1926
Numbers
2 spp. in our area(1), ~20 spp. total(2)
Range
primarily pantropical; in our area, se. US
Habitat
under bark, in ant nests (Formica, Camponotus) in rotten logs(2)
Works Cited
1.Nomenclatural and taxonomic changes in Staphyliniformia (Coleoptera)
A.F. Newton. 2017. Insecta Mundi 0595:1-52.
2.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.