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Home » Guide »Arthropods (Arthropoda) »Hexapods (Hexapoda) »Insects (Insecta) »Beetles (Coleoptera) »Polyphaga »Series Staphyliniformia »Staphylinoidea »Rove Beetles (Staphylinidae) »Ocellate Rove Beetles (Omaliinae)

Subfamily Omaliinae - Ocellate Rove Beetles

Classification ·Explanation of Names ·Numbers ·Identification ·Remarks ·Works Cited

winter rove beetle - Pycnoglypta campbelli - male

Eusphalerum convexum? - Eusphalerum convexum

Omaliinae - Eusphalerum orientale - male

Classification

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)

PhylumArthropoda (Arthropods)

SubphylumHexapoda (Hexapods)

ClassInsecta (Insects)

OrderColeoptera (Beetles)

SuborderPolyphaga

No Taxon (Series Staphyliniformia)

SuperfamilyStaphylinoidea

FamilyStaphylinidae (Rove Beetles)

SubfamilyOmaliinae (Ocellate Rove Beetles)

Explanation of Names

Omaliinae MacLeay 1825

Numbers

>1700 spp. in 120 genera of 7 tribes total(1)

Identification

often carabid-like [with rather long elytra]

Remarks

many genera include flightless or wing-dimorphic spp.(2)

Works Cited

Catalogue of Life

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.

Contributed bytom murray on 29 November, 2005 - 8:21am
Additional contributions byceiseman,v belov
Last updated 29 November, 2024 - 5:09pm

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