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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Rove Beetles (Staphylinidae) » Aleocharinae » Lomechusini » Drusilla » Drusilla canaliculata

Species Drusilla canaliculata

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Habitat · Food · Works Cited
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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 Aleocharinae
Tribe Lomechusini
Genus Drusilla
Species canaliculata (Drusilla canaliculata)
Explanation of Names
Drusilla canaliculata (Fabricius 1787)
Range
native to Europe and portions of Asia; introduced to NA (recorded from Canada, AK, NY, and KY)(1)
Habitat
wide variety of soils; open areas under vegetation, stones, mosses, debris(1)
Food
myrmecophagous, but not myrmecophilous(1)
Works Cited
1.Introduced Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) in the Maritime Provinces of Canada
Majka C.G., Klimaszewski J. 2008. The Canadian Entomologist 140: 48-72.
Contributed by tom murray on 28 November, 2006 - 5:17am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 17 February, 2013 - 1:15am

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