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Genus Rhexius

Ant-loving beetle - Rhexius substriatus Ant-loving beetle - Rhexius substriatus Ant-loving beetle - Rhexius substriatus Staphylinid - Rhexius schmitti Rhexius - male Rhexius insculptus LeConte - Rhexius insculptus
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 Pselaphinae (Ant-loving Beetles)
Supertribe Euplectitae
Tribe Trogastrini
Genus Rhexius
Explanation of Names
Rhexius LeConte 1849
Numbers
8 spp. in our area(1)
Identification
Revision and key: Chandler 1990

Description of two new species, with updated key: Owens and Carlton 2016(1)
Print References
Chandler D.S. (1990) The Pselaphidae (Coleoptera) of Latimer County, Oklahoma, with revisions of four genera from Eastern North America. Part 1. Faroninae and Euplectinae. Trans. Amer. Entom. Soc. 115:503-529.
Works Cited
1.Collecting in the museum: new species, taxonomic changes, and range extensions of Euplectite Pselaphinae (...)
Brittany E. Owens and Christopher E. Carlton. 2016. The Coleopterists Bulletin 70(3): 611-633.