Dasycerus

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Dasycerus
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Dasycerus bicolor
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Staphyliniformia
Family: Staphylinidae
Subfamily: Dasycerinae
Genus: Dasycerus
Brongniart, 1800
Species

19 species, see text

Dasycerus is the only extant genus in the rove beetle subfamily Dasycerinae. It contains 25 currently recognized species, with a new species described as recently as 2022. [1] Even more recently, nine cryptic species have been discovered in 2024, previously presumed to be D. carolinensis. They are only distinguishable through male aedeagal dissection or DNA analysis. [2]

Species

Species are: [3] [4]

References

  1. Hashizume, Takuto; Maruyama, Munetoshi (10 August 2022). "Taxonomy and phylogeny of the Japanese species of the genus Dasycerus Brongniart (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Dasycerinae) with description of a new species and notes on D. poseidon Hu & Liang". Zootaxa. 5174 (3): 233–246. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5174.3.2. PMID   36095400 . Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Caterino, Michael S; Harden, Curt W (1 March 2024). "A review of Appalachian Dasycerus Brongniart and the recognition of cryptic diversity within Dasycerus carolinensis (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Dasycerinae)" . Insect Systematics and Diversity. 8 (2). doi:10.1093/isd/ixae009.
  3. "Dasycerus Brongniart, 1800 | COL". www.catalogueoflife.org.
  4. "Dasycerus Brongniart, 1800". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 7 May 2023.