Oropus (beetle)

Oropus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Staphyliniformia
Family:	Staphylinidae
Supertribe:	Euplectitae
Tribe:	Trogastrini
Subtribe:	Trogastrina
Genus:	Oropus Casey, 1886

Oropus is a genus of ant-loving beetles in the family Staphylinidae. There are at least 20 described species in Oropus. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Species

These 29 species belong to the genus Oropus: ^{[1] [3] [2]}

• Oropus abbreviatus Casey, 1886
• Oropus acriculus Schuster and Grigarick, 1960
• Oropus acumenis Schuster and Grigarick, 1960
• Oropus basalis Casey, 1908
• Oropus castaneus Casey, 1908
• Oropus cavicauda Casey, 1894
• Oropus convexus Casey, 1886
• Oropus cristatus Schuster and Grigarick, 1960
• Oropus curtipennis Casey, 1908
• Oropus cyranus Schuster and Grigarick, 1960
• Oropus debilis Casey, 1908
• Oropus delimatus Schuster and Grigarick, 1960
• Oropus grigaricki Chandler, 1983
• Oropus helferi Grigarick and Schuster, 1962
• Oropus interruptus Casey, 1886
• Oropus macneilli Schuster and Grigarick, 1960
• Oropus magnidens Schuster and Grigarick, 1960
• Oropus micropthalmus Chandler, 1986
• Oropus montanus Casey, 1887
• Oropus obtusus Schuster and Grigarick, 1960
• Oropus orbatus Schuster and Grigarick, 1960
• Oropus pectinis Schuster and Grigarick, 1960
• Oropus sinifundus Schuster and Grigarick, 1960
• Oropus striatus (LeConte, 1874)
• Oropus testaceus Casey, 1908
• Oropus tuberculatus Schuster and Grigarick, 1960
• Oropus umbraticus Schuster and Grigarick, 1960
• Oropus vellosus Schuster and Grigarick, 1960
• Oropus verrucifundus Schuster and Grigarick, 1960

References

1. "Oropus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
2. "Browse Oropus". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
3. "Oropus Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
4. "Oropus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-14.

Further reading

• Blatchley, W.S. (1910). An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub.
• Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (88). Pensoft Publishers: 1–972. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.88.807 . ISSN   1313-2989. PMC   3088472 . PMID   21594053.
• 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.
• Chandler, D.S. (1997). A catalog of Coleoptera of America north of Mexico. Family: Pselaphidae. USDA Agriculture handbook no. 529-31.
• Frank, J.H.; Ahn, K.J. (2011). "Coastal Staphylinidae (Coleoptera): A worldwide checklist, biogeography and natural history". ZooKeys (107): 1–98. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.107.1651 . PMC   3392188 . PMID   22792029.
• Klimaszewski, J.; McLean, J.; Chandler, D.; Savard, K.; et al. (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 .
• LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.38459 . ISBN   0665100558.
• Mazur, Slawomir (2004). Lobl, I.; Smetana, A. (eds.). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 2: Hydrophiloidea - Histeroidea - Staphylinoidea. Apollo Books. pp. 68–102. ISBN   87-88757-74-9.
• White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides) . Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN   0395910897.