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
Subfamily:	Pselaphinae
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

1. "Oropus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
2. "Browse Oropus". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
3. "Oropus Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
4. "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. 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.