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Genus Decarthron

Decarthron discolor Brendel - Decarthron discolor Ant-loving Beetle - Decarthron velutinum - male Staphylinidae, Ant-loving beetle - ventral - Decarthron hairy Pselaphin - Decarthron laurenticum - male Pselaphinae - Decarthron velutinum Ant-loving 4 - Decarthron Pselaphin - Decarthron velutinum - male tiny Pselaphinae  - Decarthron
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 Pselaphinae (Ant-loving Beetles)
Supertribe Goniaceritae
Tribe Brachyglutini
Genus Decarthron
Explanation of Names
Decarthron Brendel 1865
Numbers
24 spp. in our area, many more in the Neotropics(1)
Range
New World, most spp. in the Neotropics; in our area, mostly e. US(1)
Habitat
Hardwood leaf litters, mosses (esp. near water); one sp. obligately associated with Formica ants(1)
Works Cited
1.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.