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Genus Scydmaenus

Scydmaenid - Scydmaenus Scydmaenus Scydmaenus Scydmaenine - Scydmaenus Ant-like Stone Beetle - Scydmaenus Ant-like Stone Beetle - Scydmaenus Ant-like Stone Beetle - Scydmaenus Ant-like Stone Beetle - Scydmaenus
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 Scydmaeninae (Ant-like Stone Beetles)
Genus Scydmaenus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Eumicrus LaPorte 1840
Explanation of Names
Scydmaenus Latreille 1802
Numbers
12 Nearctic spp., >730 described spp. worldwide(1)(2)
Range
worldwide(2)
Remarks
eight adult Scydmaenus sp. (apparently the same species) found in three Atta texana nests in Louisiana at depths of 2.5 to 4 m(3)