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Genus Pinophilus

Large, black rove beetle with white legs - Pinophilus

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 Paederinae

Tribe Pinophilini

Genus Pinophilus

Explanation of Names

Pinophilus Gravenhorst 1802

pinophilus = 'dirt-loving'

Numbers

6 spp. in our area, >200 total(1)(2)

Identification

Key to species in Abarbanell and Ashe (1989)(2)

Range

nearly worldwide (except Europe & Australasia); in our area, throughout e. & so. US(3)(2)

P. densus LeConte [AZ & CA to FL, north to KS & IA]

P. diffidens Casey [TX]

P. gracilis Fall [LA-TX-KS]

P. latipes Gravenhorst [NJ-OH south to FL, west to TX-OK)

P. opacus LeConte [OH-KS south to FL-AZ]

P. parcus LeConte [NJ-KS to FL-TX-AZ, mostly southern]

Habitat

some in litter(3)

Remarks

Some come to lights(3)

Print References

Abarbanell, N.R. and J.S. Ashe. 1989. Revision of the species of Pinophilus Gravenhorst (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) of America north of Mexico. Fieldiana: Zoology (N.S.), 54: iii + 32 pp. (2)

Works Cited

1.	American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.

2.	Revision of the species of Pinophilus Gravenhorst (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) of America north of Mexico N.R. Abarbanell and J.S. Ashe. 1989. Fieldiana: Zoology (N.S.), 54: iii + 32 pp.

3.	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 26 December, 2006 - 5:48pm
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 11 February, 2020 - 9:17am

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