Dasycerinae
| Dasycerinae | |
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| Dasycerus bicolor | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Staphylinidae |
| Subfamily: | Dasycerinae Reitter, 1887 |
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Dasycerus | |
Dasycerinae is a subfamily of Staphylinidae (Coleoptera).[1]
Anatomy
- Antennae 11 segmented with lose 3 segmented antennal club.
- 3 tarsal segments.
- Elytra cover or nearly cover entire abdomen.
Ecology
Habitat: moist broadleaf forest litter.[2] Collection Method: sifting/Berlese forest litter. Biology: eastern species are wingless with small eyes, dissected females have only been found with a single egg, known to occur on fruiting fungi, but may not specifically feed on them.
Systematics
One genus: Dasycerus Brongniart 1800[3]
Four species in North America, also found in the Palearctic and Oriental Regions.
References
- Ferro, M. L., M. L. Gimmel, K. E. Harms, and C. E. Carlton. 2012a. Comparison of the Coleoptera communities in leaf litter and rotten wood in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA. Insecta Mundi 259: 1–58.
- Herman, L.H. 2001: Catalog of the Staphylinidae (Insecta, Coleoptera): 1758 to the end of the second millennium. I. Introduction, history, biographical sketches, and omaliine group. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, (265): 1–650.
- Löbl, I., and F. G. Calame. 1996. Taxonomy and phylogeny of the Dasycerinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Journal of Natural History 30: 247–291.
- Newton, A. F., Jr., M. K. Thayer, J. S. Ashe, and D. S. Chandler. 2001. 22. Staphylinidae Latreille, 1802. p. 272–418. In: R. H. Arnett, Jr., and M. C. Thomas (eds.). American beetles, Volume 1. CRC Press; Boca Raton, FL. ix + 443 p.
- Wheeler, Q. D., and J. V. McHugh. 1994. A new southern Appalachian species, Dasycerus bicolor (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Dasycerinae), from declining endemic fir forests. The Coleopterists Bulletin 48: 265–271.
References
- ↑ Newton, A. F., Jr., M. K. Thayer, J. S. Ashe, and D. S. Chandler. 2001. 22. Staphylinidae Latreille, 1802. p. 272–418. In: R. H. Arnett, Jr., and M. C. Thomas (eds.). American beetles, Volume 1. CRC Press; Boca Raton, FL. ix + 443 p.
- ↑ Ferro, M. L., M. L. Gimmel, K. E. Harms, and C. E. Carlton. 2012a. Comparison of the Coleoptera communities in leaf litter and rotten wood in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA. Insecta Mundi 259: 1–58.
- ↑ Newton, A. F., Jr., M. K. Thayer, J. S. Ashe, and D. S. Chandler. 2001. 22. Staphylinidae Latreille, 1802. p. 272–418. In: R. H. Arnett, Jr., and M. C. Thomas (eds.). American beetles, Volume 1. CRC Press; Boca Raton, FL. ix + 443 p.
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