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Species Coprophilus striatulus

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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 Oxytelinae (Spiny-legged Rove Beetles)
Tribe Coprophilini
Genus Coprophilus
Species striatulus (Coprophilus striatulus)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Elonium striatulum

Explanation of Names

Coprophilus striatulus (Fabricius 1792)

Range

native to Europe (widespread), adventive in NA (NS-ON & NH-NY; BC)(1)(BG data)

Habitat

decaying plant material (compost, hay, dung, etc.), occasionally under carrion, stones, wet bark of deciduous trees, in sap flows, and mammal nests in winter; in the spring, often on roads/pavement & masonry walls(1)

Remarks

earliest record in our area: NY 1974(1)

Works Cited

1.Introduced Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) in the Maritime Provinces of Canada
Majka C.G., Klimaszewski J. 2008. The Canadian Entomologist 140: 48-72.
Contributed by Tim Loh on 16 December, 2011 - 8:14pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 26 November, 2014 - 3:29pm

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