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coenosus group

Saprinus sp.? - Hister coenosus Horse manure hister - Hister coenosus - male Histerid - Hister abbreviatus Hister coenosus Erichson 1834 - Hister coenosus Hister coenosus Erichson 1834 - Hister coenosus Small-headed, very rotund beetle - Hister abbreviatus Hister beetle.. - Hister abbreviatus Hister abbreviatus
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 coenosus group
Numbers
the most speciose clade of Histerini in the Americas, with 4 spp. in our area and 34 total(1)
Identification
key to spp. in(1)
Range
primarily neotropical group, with a few spp. ranging into the US and one reaching Canada; widespread in the US(1)
Remarks
not yet in the guide: Hister ciliatus Lewis 1888: 3.0-3.6 mm; AZ to Honduras(1)
Works Cited
1.The taxonomy and phylogenetics of the coenosus group of Hister Linnaeus (Coleoptera: Histeridae)
Caterino M.S. 1999. University of California Publications in Entomology 119. 104 pp.