Biology:Atheta

Short description: Genus of beetles

Atheta
Atheta aeneicollis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Staphylinidae
Subtribe:	Athetina
Genus:	Atheta Thomson, 1858
Diversity
at least 440 species
Synonyms
Iotota Casey, 1910 Anopleta Mulsant & Rey, 1875 Cadaverota Yosii & Sawada, 1976 Coprothassa Thomson, 1859 Bessobia Thomson, 1858

Atheta pittionii

Atheta is a genus of rove beetles in the family Staphylinidae. There are more than 640 described species in Atheta.

See also

• List of Atheta species

Further reading

• Lohse, G. A.; Klimaszewski, J.; Smetana, A. (1990). "Revision of the Arctic Aleocharinae of North America (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)". The Coleopterists Bulletin 44 (2): 121–202. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/298080657. 
• Elven, Hallvard; Bachmann, Lutz; Gusarov, Vladimir I. (2012). "Molecular phylogeny of the Athetini–Lomechusini–Ecitocharini clade of aleocharine rove beetles (Insecta)". Zoologica Scripta 41 (6): 617–636. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2012.00553.x. PMID 23316099. 
• Seevers, Charles H. (1978). "A generic and tribal revision of the North American Aleocharinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)". Fieldiana, Zoology 71. ISSN 0015-0754. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/21123#page/15/mode/1up. 
• 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. PMID 22792029. 
• Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 2: Hydrophiloidea - Staphylinoidea. Apollo Books. 2015. ISBN 978-90-04-29685-5. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q14880142 entry