Oropus (beetle)
Oropus is a genus of ant-loving beetles in the family Staphylinidae. There are at least 20 described species in Oropus.[1][2][3][4]
| Oropus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Class: | Insecta | 
| Order: | Coleoptera | 
| Family: | Staphylinidae | 
| Supertribe: | Euplectitae | 
| Tribe: | Trogastrini | 
| Subtribe: | Trogastrina | 
| Genus: | Oropus Casey, 1886  | 
Species
    
These 29 species belong to the genus Oropus:[1][3][2]
- Oropus abbreviatus Casey, 1886
 - Oropus acriculus Schuster and Grigarick, 1960
 - Oropus acumenis Schuster and Grigarick, 1960
 - Oropus basalis Casey, 1908
 - Oropus castaneus Casey, 1908
 - Oropus cavicauda Casey, 1894
 - Oropus convexus Casey, 1886
 - Oropus cristatus Schuster and Grigarick, 1960
 - Oropus curtipennis Casey, 1908
 - Oropus cyranus Schuster and Grigarick, 1960
 - Oropus debilis Casey, 1908
 - Oropus delimatus Schuster and Grigarick, 1960
 - Oropus grigaricki Chandler, 1983
 - Oropus helferi Grigarick and Schuster, 1962
 - Oropus interruptus Casey, 1886
 - Oropus macneilli Schuster and Grigarick, 1960
 - Oropus magnidens Schuster and Grigarick, 1960
 - Oropus micropthalmus Chandler, 1986
 - Oropus montanus Casey, 1887
 - Oropus obtusus Schuster and Grigarick, 1960
 - Oropus orbatus Schuster and Grigarick, 1960
 - Oropus pectinis Schuster and Grigarick, 1960
 - Oropus sinifundus Schuster and Grigarick, 1960
 - Oropus striatus (LeConte, 1874)
 - Oropus testaceus Casey, 1908
 - Oropus tuberculatus Schuster and Grigarick, 1960
 - Oropus umbraticus Schuster and Grigarick, 1960
 - Oropus vellosus Schuster and Grigarick, 1960
 - Oropus verrucifundus Schuster and Grigarick, 1960
 
References
    
- "Oropus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
 - "Browse Oropus". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
 - "Oropus Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
 - "Oropus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
 
Further reading
    
- Blatchley, W.S. (1910). An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub.
 - Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys. Pensoft Publishers (88): 1–972. doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 3088472. PMID 21594053.
 - Brunke, A.; Marshall, S. (2011). "Contributions to the faunistics and bionomics of Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) in northeastern North America: discoveries made through study of the University of Guelph Insect Collection, Ontario, Canada". ZooKeys (75): 29–68. doi:10.3897/zookeys.75.767. PMC 3088045. PMID 21594139.
 - Chandler, D.S. (1997). A catalog of Coleoptera of America north of Mexico. Family: Pselaphidae. USDA Agriculture handbook no. 529-31.
 - Frank, J.H.; Ahn, K.J. (2011). "Coastal Staphylinidae (Coleoptera): A worldwide checklist, biogeography and natural history". ZooKeys (107): 1–98. doi:10.3897/zookeys.107.1651. PMC 3392188. PMID 22792029.
 - Klimaszewski, J.; McLean, J.; Chandler, D.; Savard, K.; et al. (2009). "Survey of rove beetles (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with new records and description of a new species. Part 2". ZooKeys (22): 19–33. doi:10.3897/zookeys.22.177.
 - Klimaszewski, J.; McLean, J.; Li, A.; Savard, K. (2009). "Survey of rove beetles (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with new records and description of a new species. Part 1". ZooKeys (22): 5–17. doi:10.3897/zookeys.22.86.
 - LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558.
 - Mazur, Slawomir (2004). Lobl, I.; Smetana, A. (eds.). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 2: Hydrophiloidea - Histeroidea - Staphylinoidea. Apollo Books. pp. 68–102. ISBN 87-88757-74-9.
 - White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.
 
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