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Euaesthetinae | |
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Euaesthetus sp. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Staphylinidae |
Subfamily: | Euaesthetinae Thomson, 1859 |
Tribes | |
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The Euaesthetinae are a subfamily of the Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) containing six tribes.[1]
These rove beetles have slender antennae with two or three apical antennomeres forming a loose club. The tarsi have 4-4-4 or 5-5-5 (5-5-4 in some exotic genera) segments. They are found in forest litter. Five genera and 22 species known from North America.