Cafius bistriatus

Cafius bistriatus is a species of relatively large rove beetles in the family Staphylinidae.[1][2] It can be found from Quebec and Newfoundland to Florida but not yet in South Carolina or Georgia, and in Texas. East of Florida, it occupies Bermuda and the Bahamas. In the Caribbean, it occupies Antigua and Barbuda (Antigua), Barbados, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada (Carriacou), Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Montserrat, Puerto Rico (including Mona), St. Kitts-Nevis (St. Kitts), St. Lucia, Trinidad & Tobago (both islands), and U.S. Virgin Islands (St. Thomas). It Has been found in the Venezuelan state Falcón. In eastern Mexico, it occurs in Veracruz, Campeche and Quintana Roo. On the Pacific coast, it can be found from California to the Mexican states of Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Guerrero, and Sonora. It can grow to be up to 7mm.[1]

Cafius bistriatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Superfamily:	Staphylinoidea
Family:	Staphylinidae
Subfamily:	Staphylininae
Tribe:	Staphylinini
Genus:	Cafius
Species:	C. bistriatus
Binomial name
Cafius bistriatus Erichson

There are two known subspecies:

Cafius bistriatus bistriatus (Erichson,1840). Basionym Philonthus bistriatus Erichson, 1840. Synonym Philonthus bilineatus Erichson, 1840, All of the specimens seen from Atlantic coasts, including the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea belong to this, the typical subspecies.

Cafius bistriatus fulgens Frank, 1986. All ot the specimens collected from Pacific coasts, including the Sea of Cortez of Mexico, and the inland Salton Sea of California belong to this subspecies.

References

1. "Cafius bistriatus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Iowa State University. Retrieved 2018-01-25.
2. "Cafius bistriatus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-01-25.

Further reading

• NCBI Taxonomy Browser, Cafius bistriatus
• Ahn, K-J., and Frank, J.H. (2011). Cafius bistriatus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) distributional range extension to North Carolina. Florida Entomologist 94: 709-710.
• Arnett, R.H. Jr., and M. C. Thomas (eds.). (2001). American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia.. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
• Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
• Blackwelder, R.E. (1943). Monograph pf the West Inian beetles of the family Staphylinidae. U.S. Natn. Mus. Bull. 182: 1-vii, 1-658.
• Frank, J.H., Carlysle T.C. and Rey, J.R.(1986). Biogeography of the seashore Staphylinidse Cafius bistriatus and C. rufifrons (Insecta: Coleoptera). Florida Scientist 49: 128-161.
• Navarrete-Heredia, J.L., Newton, A.F., Thayer, M.K., Ashe, J.S., Chandler, D.S. (2002) Guía ilustrada para los géneros de Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) de Měxico. Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico.
• Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.