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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Series Staphyliniformia » Rove, Carrion and Fungus Beetles (Staphylinoidea) » Rove Beetles (Staphylinidae) » Large Rove Beetles (Staphylininae) » Staphylinini » Staphylinina » Ontholestes » Gold-and-brown Rove Beetle (Ontholestes cingulatus)

Species Ontholestes cingulatus - Gold-and-brown Rove Beetle

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Life Cycle · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited

Gold-and-Brown Rove Beetle - Ontholestes cingulatus

Carrion loving bug - Ontholestes cingulatus

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

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

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

No Taxon (Series Staphyliniformia)

Superfamily Staphylinoidea (Rove, Carrion and Fungus Beetles)

Family Staphylinidae (Rove Beetles)

Subfamily Staphylininae (Large Rove Beetles)

Tribe Staphylinini

Subtribe Staphylinina

Genus Ontholestes

Species cingulatus (Gold-and-brown Rove Beetle)

Explanation of Names

Ontholestes cingulatus (Gravenhorst 1802)

Size

13-20 mm

Identification

Clumps of hair forms dark spots on much of body. Yellow hair forms "belt" under thorax,

covers parts of last abdominal segments. Head wider than pronotum.

Often turns yellow tip of abdomen upward when walking.

Range

e. & nw. NA(1)

Habitat

on carrion & fungi

Season

May-Nov

Life Cycle

Eggs are laid near carrion or fungi; pupate in chambers in soil nearby

Remarks

Might be confused with Platydracus maculosus, but has much larger eyes,

and the golden colour on abdomen is made up by dense reflective fur, standing on

dark integument.

Internet References

Species page(1)

Works Cited

1.	University of Alberta Entomology Collection

Contributed by Cotinis on 6 January, 2005 - 11:01pm
Additional contributions by Boris Bueche, v belov
Last updated 31 May, 2022 - 6:48am

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