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Genus Ocypus

Staphlinidae - Ocypus nitens Staphylinidae - Ocypus nitens Staphylinidae - Ocypus nitens black bug - Ocypus nitens Beetle - Ocypus nitens Rove Beetle - Ocypus nitens Devil's Coach Horse - Ocypus olens Staphylininae - Large Rove Beetles - Ocypus olens
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 Staphylininae (Large Rove Beetles)
Tribe Staphylinini
Subtribe Staphylinina
Genus Ocypus
Explanation of Names
Ocypus Leach 1819
Numbers
4 spp. in 3 subgenera in our area, >120 spp. in 4 subgenera worldwide(1)(2)
Range
native to the Old World (Eurasia & Africa), adventive in NA (2 spp. along the Pacific Coast + 2 in ne. US)(1)(2)