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Genus Tmesiphorus

Pselaphine - Tmesiphorus carinatus Pselaphinae - Tmesiphorus carinatus Staphylinid  - Tmesiphorus carinatus Tmesiphorus - Tmesiphorus costalis ant-loving beetle - Tmesiphorus costalis Ant-loving Beetle - Tmesiphorus costalis Atinus sp. ? - Tmesiphorus costalis Pselaphine - 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.