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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Rove Beetles (Staphylinidae) » Aleocharinae » Athetini » Athetina » Atheta

Genus Atheta

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Works Cited
rove beetle - Atheta snow rove beetle - Atheta Atheta (Pseudota) annexa - Atheta annexa - female Atheta chartersensis Atheta frosti - male Rove Beetle - Atheta Atheta klagesi - male Atheta frosti - male
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 Athetini
Subtribe Athetina
Genus Atheta
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Iotota Casey 1910, Valenusa Casey 1906
Explanation of Names
Atheta Thomson 1858
Numbers
~1600 spp. in ~80 subgenera worldwide(1)
Range
worldwide(1)
Works Cited
1.Newton A.F., Thayer M.K. Catalog of higher taxa of Staphyliniformia and genera and subgenera of Staphylinoidea [online]
Contributed by tom murray on 28 November, 2006 - 5:22am
Additional contributions by v belov, NickBedard
Last updated 6 March, 2023 - 8:40am

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