Dasycerinae

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Dasycerinae
Dasycerus bicolor 0014768 dorsal.jpg
Dasycerus bicolor
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Family:
Staphylinidae
Subfamily:
Dasycerinae

Reitter, 1887
Genera

1 extant genus, 3 extinct; see text.

Dasycerinae is a subfamily of rove beetles.[1] Dasycerinae currently only contains 1 extant genus and 3 extinct genera.[2]

Genera[]

There are currently 4 described genera in Dasycerinae:[2]

  • † Yin & Cai, 2020
  • Brongniart, 1800
  • † Yamamoto, 2016
  • † Cai, Thayer, Newton, Yin & Huang, 2018

(† = extinct)

Anatomy[]

They have antennae with 11 segments and trisegmented antennal clubs. The tarsi have three segments, and the elytra cover or nearly cover the entire abdomen.

Ecology[]

These beetles inhabit moist broadleaf forest litter.[3] Eastern species are wingless with small eyes; dissected females have only been found with a single egg. They are known to occur on fruiting fungi, but may not specifically feed on them.

References[]

  1. ^ Newton, A. F., Jr., M. K. Thayer, J. S. Ashe, and D. S. Chandler. 2001. 22. Staphylinidae Latreille, 1802. p. 272–418. In: R. H. Arnett, Jr., and M. C. Thomas (eds.). American beetles, Volume 1. CRC Press; Boca Raton, Florida. ix + 443 p.
  2. ^ a b Yin, Zi-Wei; Lü, Liang; Yamamoto, Shûhei; Thayer, Margaret K.; Newton, Alfred F.; Cai, Chen-Yang (2021). "Dasycerine rove beetles: Cretaceous diversification, phylogeny and historical biogeography (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Dasycerinae)". Cladistics. 37 (2): 185–210. doi:10.1111/cla.12430. ISSN 1096-0031.
  3. ^ Ferro, M. L., M. L. Gimmel, K. E. Harms, and C. E. Carlton. 2012a. Comparison of the Coleoptera communities in leaf litter and rotten wood in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA. Insecta Mundi 259: 1–58. [1]

Further reading[]

  • Herman, L.H. 2001: Catalog of the Staphylinidae (Insecta, Coleoptera): 1758 to the end of the second millennium. I. Introduction, history, biographical sketches, and omaliine group. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, (265): 1–650. [2]
  • Löbl, I., and F. G. Calame. 1996. Taxonomy and phylogeny of the Dasycerinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Journal of Natural History 30: 247–291.
  • Wheeler, Q. D., and J. V. McHugh. 1994. A new southern Appalachian species, Dasycerus bicolor (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Dasycerinae), from declining endemic fir forests. The Coleopterists Bulletin 48: 265–271.

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