Genus Ocypus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Works Cited

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)

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.

2.	Newton A.F., Thayer M.K. Catalog of higher taxa of Staphyliniformia and genera and subgenera of Staphylinoidea [online]

Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 22 November, 2006 - 10:00am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 4 March, 2013 - 5:21pm

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