Ontholestes

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Ontholestes
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Ontholestes cingulatus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Staphylinidae
Tribe: Staphylinini
Subtribe: Staphylinina
Genus: Ontholestes
Ganglbauer, 1895

Ontholestes is a genus of large rove beetles in the family Staphylinidae. There are at least 20 described species in Ontholestes. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Ontholestes cingulatus

Species

These 21 species belong to the genus Ontholestes:

Data sources: i = ITIS, [5] c = Catalogue of Life, [1] g = GBIF, [2] b = Bugguide.net [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Browse Ontholestes". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  2. 1 2 "Ontholestes". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  3. 1 2 "Ontholestes Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  4. "Ontholestes Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  5. "ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System" . Retrieved 2018-04-06.

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