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Genus Microscydmus

Tiny beetle - Microscydmus Tiny beetle - Microscydmus Scydmaenidae - Microscydmus Scydmaenidae - Microscydmus Scydmaenidae - Microscydmus
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 Scydmaeninae (Ant-like Stone Beetles)
Tribe Glandulariini
Genus Microscydmus
Explanation of Names
Microscydmus Saulcy & Croissandeau 1893
Numbers
5 spp. in our area, ~170 described spp. worldwide(1)
Range
worldwide(2); in our area, e. US(1)