Six rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) new to Virginia

Steury BW and Brittain RM. 2020. Six rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) new to Virginia. Banisteria. 54:N4-N13

Six species of rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), Anotylusbreviceps (Casey), Anotylus exiguus (Erichson), Anotylus insignitus (Gravenhorst), Homaeotarsus strenuus (Casey), Lithocharis nigriceps (Kraatz), and Stethusa spuriella Casey are reported for the first time from Virginia. The specimens were captured by sampling white-tailed deer dung and in Malaise traps. All staphylinid taxa found in the dung of white-tailed deer areprovided along with images of each new state record.

Type
Journal Article
Authors
Steury, Brent; Brittain, R.
Units
GWMP , NCR
Keywords
beetles, biodiversity, Bug Lab, entomology, Fairfax County, insects, National Parks, new state records

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