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Genus Brachycepsis

Ant-like Stone Beetle - Brachycepsis subpunctatus Ant-like Stone Beetle? - Brachycepsis Ant-like Stone Beetle - Brachycepsis Scydmaeninae.... - Brachycepsis Brachycepsis subpunctatus? - Brachycepsis subpunctatus Brachycepsis subpunctatus? - Brachycepsis subpunctatus Brachycepsis subpunctatus? - Brachycepsis subpunctatus Brachycepsis subpunctatus? - Brachycepsis subpunctatus
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)
Tribe Glandulariini
Genus Brachycepsis
Explanation of Names
Brachycepsis Brendel 1889
Numbers
7 described & several undescribed spp., all in our area(1)
Range
much of the US except the south(1)
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.