Staph beetle

Tachinus subterraneus

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Staphylinidae

In the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, Carl Linnaeus classified the arthropods, including insects, arachnids and crustaceans, among his class "Insecta". Insects with hardened wing covers (beetles, earwigs and orthopteroid insects) were brought together under the name Coleoptera.

Distribution

Staph beetle — (c) Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Germany · 131France · 39Netherlands · 26United Kingdom · 26Switzerland · 21Belgium · 4Italy · 1

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas · CC-BY DescriptionColeoptera in the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, Wikipedia contributors

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