Pseudopsinae

Pseudopsinae
Pseudopsis sulcata "complex"
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Staphylinidae
Ganglbauer, 1895
Subfamily: Pseudopsinae

Pseudopsinae is a beetle subfamily of Staphylinidae.[1]

Anatomy

  • longitudinal carinae or costae on the head, pronotum, elytra, and sometimes head.
  • fine stridulatory file one either side of the genital segment.
  • tarsi 5-5-5, one species 3-3-3.

Ecology

  • Habitat: found in fungi, forest leaf litter, flood debris, moss along streams, dung, and mammal nests.
  • Collection Method: sift/Berlese leaf litter.
  • Biology: poorly known.

Systematics

Four genera and 12 species in North America.

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, FL. ix + 443 p.
  • Pseudopsinae at Bugguide.net.
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