Rhexius

Rhexius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Staphyliniformia
Family:	Staphylinidae
Subfamily:	Pselaphinae
Supertribe:	Euplectitae
Tribe:	Trogastrini
Genus:	Rhexius LeConte, 1849

Rhexius is a genus of ant-loving beetles in the family Staphylinidae. There are about 6 described species in Rhexius. ^{[1] [2]}

Species

• Rhexius ferrugineus Casey, 1908
• Rhexius insculptus LeConte, 1849
• Rhexius ouachita Chandler, 1990
• Rhexius schmitti Brendel, 1893
• Rhexius stephani Chandler, 1990
• Rhexius substriatus LeConte, 1878

References

1. "Rhexius Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-01-27.
2. "Rhexius Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-01-27.

• Chandler, Donald S. (1997). "Family: Pselaphidae". A Catalog of the Coleoptera of America North of Mexico, ix + 118.
• Newton, Alfred F. Jr., and Donald S. Chandler (1989). "World Catalog of the Genera of Pselaphidae (Coleoptera)". Fieldiana: Zoology, New Series, no. 53, iv + 93.

Further reading

• Arnett, R.H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
• Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
• Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.

External links

• NCBI Taxonomy Browser, Rhexius