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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) » Water Skaters (Steninae) » Stenus » Subgenus Stenus (Stenus Subgenus Stenus)

Subgenus Stenus

Classification · Size · Identification
rove beetle - Stenus rove beetle - Stenus pauperculus rove beetle - Stenus laccophilus water skater rove beetle - Stenus comma Stenus sculptilis Casey - Stenus sculptilis Stenus juno Paykull - Stenus juno Upshur County Stenus - Stenus colon Stenus
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 Steninae (Water Skaters)
Genus Stenus
No Taxon Subgenus Stenus
Size
Usually 4 mm or more
Identification
a non-phylogenetic assemblage for practical reasons.

Distinguished by abdomen bordered laterally, tarsi longer than half of tibia, and with penultimate segment simple (comment here).
Contributed by tom murray on 16 March, 2007 - 7:31am
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, Ted Kropiewnicki, Boris Bueche, Vox Sciurorum, v belov
Last updated 27 April, 2022 - 2:29am

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