Euplectus

Euplectus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Staphyliniformia
Family:	Staphylinidae
Supertribe:	Euplectitae
Tribe:	Euplectini
Genus:	Euplectus Leach, 1817
Synonyms
Endoplectus Jeannel, 1956 Euplectinus Jeannel, 1954 Euplectoides Raffray, 1910

Euplectus is a genus of ant-loving beetles in the family Staphylinidae. There are about 13 described species in Euplectus. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Species

• Euplectus acomanus Casey, 1908
• Euplectus californicus Casey, 1887
• Euplectus confluens LeConte, 1849
• Euplectus duryi Casey, 1908
• Euplectus elongatus Brendel, 1893
• Euplectus episcopalis Park, in Park, Wagner and Sanderson, 1976
• Euplectus filiformis (Casey, 1908)
• Euplectus idahoensis Park and Wagner, 1962
• Euplectus karsteni (Reichenbach, 1816)
• Euplectus karstenii (Reichenbach, 1816)
• Euplectus longicollis Casey, 1884
• Euplectus signatus (Reichenbach, 1816)
• Euplectus silvicolus Chandler, 1986

References

1. "Euplectus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
2. "Euplectus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
3. "Euplectus Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 10 February 2018.

Further reading

• Arnett, R. H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (21 June 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida.
• Arnett, Ross H. (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN   978-0-8493-0212-1.
• White, Richard E. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.
• Brunke, A.; Marshall, S. (2011). "Contributions to the faunistics and bionomics of Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) in northeastern North America: discoveries made through study of the University of Guelph Insect Collection, Ontario, Canada". ZooKeys (75): 29–68. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.75.767 . PMC   3088045 . PMID   21594139.
• Klimaszewski, J.; McLean, J.; Chandler, D.; Savard, K.; Li, A. (2009). "Survey of rove beetles (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with new records and description of a new species. Part 2". ZooKeys (22): 19–33. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.22.177 .
• Klimaszewski, J.; McLean, J.; Li, A.; Savard, K. (2009). "Survey of rove beetles (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with new records and description of a new species. Part 1". ZooKeys (22): 5–17. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.22.86 .