Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
Upcoming Events

Photos of insects and people from the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2024

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2018 gathering in Virginia, July 27-29


Previous events
TaxonomyBrowse
Info
ImagesLinksBooksData
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Rove Beetles (Staphylinidae) » Aleocharinae » Aleocharini » Aleochara » subgenus Aleochara (Aleochara subgenus Aleochara) » Aleochara curtula

Species Aleochara curtula

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
Rove beetle - Aleochara curtula Rove beetle - Aleochara curtula Rove beetle - Aleochara curtula rove beetle - Aleochara curtula - female rove beetle - Aleochara curtula - female Aleochara curtula - female Aleochara curtula - female Aleochara curtula
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 Aleocharini
Genus Aleochara
No Taxon (subgenus Aleochara)
Species curtula (Aleochara curtula)
Explanation of Names
Aleochara curtula (Goeze 1777)
Range
adventive in ne. US & adjacent Canada (PE-NJ to ON-IL) + BC - Map (1)(2), native to the Palaearctic (where widespread & common)
Remarks
earliest record in our area: QC 1929(2)
Internet References
Species page at(3)
Works Cited
1.Coleoptera Poloniae
2.Introduced Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) in the Maritime Provinces of Canada
Majka C.G., Klimaszewski J. 2008. The Canadian Entomologist 140: 48-72.
3.WCG – Website of the Watford Coleoptera Group
Contributed by v belov on 22 January, 2013 - 3:18pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 18 January, 2024 - 2:27pm

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2025 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Statement
Site Map
Contact