Ocalea (beetle)

Ocalea
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Staphylinidae
Genus: Ocalea

Ocalea is a genus of the rove beetles (insects in the family Staphylinidae). The group contains 24 species[1] which can be found on the mainland of Europe (mostly in Romania) North America (British Columbia and perhaps other locations), and in New Zealand.[2]

  1. ^ Jan Klimaszewskia1; Georges Pelletiera (August 2004). "Review of the Ocalea group of genera (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) in Canada and Alaska: new taxa, bionomics, and distribution". Canadian Entomologist. 136 (4). Cambridge University Press/Entomological Society of Canada: 443–500. doi:10.4039/n03-069. S2CID 86045111.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ V. Assing and H. Terlutter. "A new species of Ocalea from Romania (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae)" (PDF). Linzer Biol. Beitr. 40 (2). Lands Museum: 1337–1340.