Pseudopsinae

Pseudopsinae is a beetle subfamily of Staphylinidae.[1]

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

Ganglbauer, 1895
Subfamily:
Pseudopsinae

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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