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Genus Actiastes

Actiastes fundatum Grigarick & Schuster - Actiastes fundatum Actiastes sp. - Actiastes Staphylinid - Actiastes globiferum Pselaphine - Actiastes Pselaphine - Actiastes Actiastes foveicollis - male Actiastes foveicollis - male Actiastes foveicollis - male
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 Pselaphinae (Ant-loving Beetles)
Supertribe Euplectitae
Tribe Trichonychini
Subtribe Trimiina
Genus Actiastes
Explanation of Names
Actiastes Casey 1897
Numbers
9 spp., all in our area(1)
Range
mostly e. US (1 sp. into ON); 1 sp. in sw. US (UT-NV-CA) to Baja(1)
Works Cited
1.A catalog of Coleoptera of America north of Mexico. Family: Pselaphidae
Chandler D.S. 1997. USDA Agriculture handbook no. 529-31. x + 118 pp.