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Genus Tmesiphorus

Representative Images

Frassable Pselphine - Tmesiphorus carinatus Pselaphine - Tmesiphorus carinatus PSelaphinae - Tmesiphorus carinatus - female PSelaphinae - Tmesiphorus carinatus - female Tmesiphorus - Tmesiphorus costalis - female Ant-loving Beetle - Tmesiphorus costalis - female Atinus sp. ? - Tmesiphorus costalis Atinus sp. ? - Tmesiphorus costalis

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 Pselaphitae
Genus Tmesiphorus

Explanation of Names

Tmesiphorus LeConte 1849

Numbers

2 spp. in our area; large genus(1)

Range

worldwide except the Neotropics; in our area, e. US (to TX) + ON(1)

Habitat

litter, rotten wood, under bark, in caves; casually to strongly associated with termites (Reticulitermes) and ants (Aphaenogaster, Formica)(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.
Contributed by Hannah Nendick-Mason on 14 July, 2006 - 5:15pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 26 April, 2013 - 9:10pm

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