Oxyporus vittatus Gravenhorst, 1802

A Cross-toothed Rove Beetle

Synonyms: Oxyporus bicolor, Oxyporus dimidiatus, Oxyporus fasciatus, oxyporus cinctus

CLASSIFICATION

Main Group: Animal

Sublevel 1: Non-chordate Invertebrate

Sublevel 2: Invertebrate with bilateral symmetry

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Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Insecta

Order: Coleoptera

Family: Staphylinidae

Genus: Oxyporus

Species: Oxyporus vittatus

STATUS IN NEW ENGLAND

Origin: Native

Invasive, Pest, or Pathogen?: No

Rarity Designations: None

BIOLOGY/ECOLOGY

Feeding Type: Heterotroph

HABITAT

PHOTOS OF Oxyporus vittatus