Dasycerinae
| Dasycerinae | |
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| Dasycerus bicolor | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Staphylinidae |
| Subfamily: | Dasycerinae Reitter, 1887 |
| Genera | |
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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
[edit]There are currently 4 described genera in Dasycerinae:[2]
- †Cedasyrus Yin & Cai, 2020
- Dasycerus Brongniart, 1800
- †Protodasycerus Yamamoto, 2016
- †Vetudasycerus Cai, Thayer, Newton, Yin & Huang, 2018
(† = extinct)
Anatomy
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ 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. PMID 34478187.
- ^ 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
[edit]- 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.
External links
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