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Genus Eusphalerum

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Beetle, Huckleberry flower, B - Eusphalerum Eusphalerum convexum? - Eusphalerum convexum Rove Beetle - Eusphalerum convexum Rove beetle - Eusphalerum pilosum Small Bug - Eusphalerum Staphylinidae - Eusphalerum Peddler Hill-J.1972.01 - Eusphalerum - male Eusphalerum pothos - female

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 Omaliinae (Ocellate Rove Beetles)
Tribe Eusphalerini
Genus Eusphalerum

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

revised in(1)

Explanation of Names

Eusphalerum Kraatz 1858

Numbers

the largest genus of the subfamily, with 27 spp. in our area and ~300 total(1)

Range

Holarctic & n. Oriental; across NA but mostly western(2)

Habitat

adults on flowers(2)

Food

adults are pollen-feeders(2)

Works Cited

1.Taxonomic revision of North American Eusphalerum Kraatz, 1857 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Omaliinae)
Zanetti A. 2014. Insecta Mundi 0379: 1‒80.
2.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.
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 28 November, 2006 - 9:03pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 5 June, 2015 - 9:41pm

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