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Genus Stictocranius

Stictocranius puncticeps Stictocranius puncticeps Staphylinoidea – Rove Beetles - Staphylinidae – Euaesthetinae – Stictocraniini  - Stictocranius puncticeps Staphylinoidea – Rove Beetles - Staphylinidae – Euaesthetinae – Stictocraniini  - Stictocranius puncticeps Staphylinoidea – Rove Beetles - Staphylinidae – Euaesthetinae – Stictocraniini  - Stictocranius puncticeps
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 Euaesthetinae
Tribe Stictocraniini
Genus Stictocranius
Explanation of Names
Stictocranius LeConte 1866
Numbers
2 spp. in our area, 3 spp. total(1)
Range
in our area, S. puncticeps is eastern (QC-GA to ON-AR-MS) and S. mariae, western (BC-CA); one more sp. in China(1)(2)
Habitat
forest litter(1)
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.
2.Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition
Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.