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Genus Falagria

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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 Falagriini
Genus Falagria
Explanation of Names
Falagria Leach 1819
Numbers
2 spp. in our area, incl. one adventive(1)
Identification
slender legs and antennae, constrictions between head, pronotum, elytra and abdomen; pronotum deeply sulcate (B. Büche)
Range
most of NA(1)
Habitat
Leaf litter and other rotting vegetation.
Print References
Hoebeke ER (1985) A revision of the rove beetle tribe Falagrini of America North of Mexico (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 93(2): 913-1018.
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.