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Genus 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)

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.

2.	Newton A.F., Thayer M.K. Catalog of higher taxa of Staphyliniformia and genera and subgenera of Staphylinoidea [online]

Contributed by Richard Lareau on 25 March, 2007 - 1:52pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 28 May, 2013 - 5:42pm

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