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Genus Brachygluta

Ant-loving Beetle - Brachygluta abdominalis - male Ant-loving Beetle - Brachygluta abdominalis - male Ant-loving Beetle - Brachygluta abdominalis - male Pselaphine - Brachygluta belfragei - male small beetle - Brachygluta foveata Brachygluta ulkei - male Pselaphinae - Brachygluta abdominalis Brachygluta - Brachygluta abdominalis
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 Goniaceritae
Tribe Brachyglutini
Subtribe Brachyglutina
Genus Brachygluta
Explanation of Names
Brachygluta Thomson 1859
Numbers
large genus, with ~25 spp. in our area and almost 120 in the Palaearctic(1)
Range
holarctic; widespread in NA(1)
Habitat
in leaf litter, moss, under stones; often near water(2)
Works Cited
1.A revision of the Nearctic species of Brachygluta Thomson, 1859 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae)
Chandler D.S., Sabella G., Bückle C. 2015. Zootaxa 3928: 1–91.
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.