Genus Ontholestes

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Food · Works Cited

Gold-and-brown Rove Beetle - Ontholestes cingulatus

Shot of the head and mouth part of an Ontholestes cingulatus - Ontholestes cingulatus

Ontholestes cingulatus - Gold-and-brown Rove Beetle ? - Ontholestes cingulatus

Pennsylvania Beetle - Ontholestes cingulatus

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 Staphylininae

Tribe Staphylinini

Subtribe Staphylinina

Genus Ontholestes

Explanation of Names

Ontholestes Ganglbauer 1895

Greek onthos (ονθος) 'dung' + lestes (ληστης) 'robber, pirate'

Numbers

2 spp. in our area (one native and one adventive), ~30 total(1)

Range

most diverse in Eurasia; in our area, the native O. cingulatus is common in e. and nw. NA(1); O. murinus (adventive from Europe) NF

Food

dung, carrion, rotten fungi, etc. decaying organics(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.

Contributed by Cotinis on 6 January, 2005 - 10:44pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, v belov
Last updated 1 May, 2013 - 4:46pm

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