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Genus Thiasophila

Rove Beetle - Thiasophila Rove Beetle - Thiasophila Rove Beetle - Thiasophila Aleo? - Thiasophila - female
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 Aleocharinae
Tribe Oxypodini
Subtribe Oxypodina
Genus Thiasophila
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
=Thyasophila
Explanation of Names
Thiasophila Fairmaire & Laboulbène 1856
Numbers
4 spp. in our area(1), 14 spp. total(2)

Species:
Thyasophila blanchardi Casey 1911 (type Tyngsboro, MA)
Thyasophila laticollis Casey 1893 (type NY)
Thyasophila parvula Notman 1921 (type Windsor, NY)
Thyasophila wickhami Casey 1911 (type Iowa City, IA)
Range
New World & the Palaearctic(2); in our area, MA-IA(1)
Habitat
ant nests(1)
Remarks
presumably scavengers of ant nests (Comment by K. Taro Eldredge)