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militaris group

Cute little Hister - Hister lucanus Beetle - Hister humilis red and black beetle - Hister militaris Hister sarcinatus Hister sarcinatus Small carrion-like beetle - Hister militaris - female Small carrion-like beetle - Hister militaris Small carrion-like beetle - Hister militaris
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Staphyliniformia)
Superfamily Hydrophiloidea
Family Histeridae (Clown Beetles)
Subfamily Histerinae
Tribe Histerini
Genus Hister
No Taxon militaris group
Numbers
4 spp. in our area, 5 total(1)
Identification
key to spp. in(1)
Range
sw. US (CA to CO-w.OK-TX) to Costa Rica(1)
Works Cited
1.Revision of the Hister militaris group (Coleoptera: Histeridae)
Caterino M.S. 2002. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 95(3): 323-334.