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Genus Echiaster

Tiny Rove Beetle - Echiaster Tiny Rove Beetle - Echiaster tiny staphylinid - Echiaster Staphylinidae - Echiaster Paderinae - Echiaster Paderinae - Echiaster Paderinae - Echiaster Paderinae - Echiaster
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 Paederinae
Tribe Lathrobiini
Subtribe Echiasterina
Genus Echiaster
Explanation of Names
Echiaster Erichson 1830
Numbers
2 spp. in 2 subgenera in our area, ~60 spp. in 3 subgenera total(1)(2)
Range
se. US (to IN-TX) to Chile & Argentina; Japan(1)
Habitat
forest litter, prairie sod, moss(1)