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Genus Atrecus

rove beetle - Atrecus americanus rove beetle #2957 - Atrecus Atrecus macrocephalus Staphylinidae 75 - Atrecus americanus Staphylinidae - Atrecus Atrecus Atrecus Atrecus americanus - Atrecus macrocephalus
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 Xantholininae
Tribe Othiini
Genus Atrecus
Explanation of Names
Atrecus Jacquelin du Val 1856
Numbers
5 spp. in our area; 14 total(1)(2)
1. Atrecus americanus
2. Atrecus macrocephalus
3. Atrecus newtoni
4. Atrecus punctiventris
5. Atrecus quadripennis
Range
holarctic; in our area, ne. & w. US and adjacent Canada(3)
Habitat
usually under loose bark, esp. on conifers; sometimes in old galleries of bark beetles(3)
Works Cited
1.Nomina Insecta Nearctica
Poole, Robert W. Nearctica.com, Inc.
2.Othius punctulatus (Goeze, 1777) (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) detected in the Pacific Northwest: a Palearctic genus new to the US
Rood R.J., Brunke A., Solodovnikov A. 2015. Col. Bull. 69: 412-414.
3.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.