Crataraea Explained

Crataraea is a genus of rove beetles in the family Staphylinidae. There is at least one described species in Crataraea, C. suturalis.

There is potentially a second species in this genus, Crataraea grandiceps,^[1] a preserved specimen at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

Further reading

• Book: Arnett . R.H. Jr.. Thomas . M. C.. 2000. American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia. CRC Press. 978-0849319259.
• Book: 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.. Lawrence . John F.. 4. 2011. Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta). ZooKeys. Pensoft Publishers. 88. 1–972. 1313-2989. 10.3897/zookeys.88.807. 21594053. 3088472. free. 2011ZooK...88....1B.
• 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. 10.3897/zookeys.75.767. 21594139. free . 3088045. 2011ZooK...75...29B.
• Fenyes . A.. 1918. Coleoptera: Fam. Staphylinidae: Subfam. Aleocharinae. Genera Insectorum, Fascicule 173A.
• Frank . J.H.. Ahn . K.J.. 2011. Coastal Staphylinidae (Coleoptera): A worldwide checklist, biogeography and natural history. ZooKeys. 107. 1–98. 10.3897/zookeys.107.1651. 22792029. 3392188. free. 2011ZooK..107....1A.
• Klimaszewski . J.. McLean . J.. Chandler . D.. Savard . K.. Li . A.. 4. 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. 10.3897/zookeys.22.177. free. 2009ZooK...22...19M.
• 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. 10.3897/zookeys.22.86. free. 2009ZooK...22....5M.
• Klimaszewski . Jan. Pelletier . Georges. Germain . Carole. Work . Timothy. Hébert . Christian. 4. 2006. Review of Oxypoda species in Canada and Alaska (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae): systematics, bionomics, and distribution. The Canadian Entomologist. 138. 6. 737–852. 0008-347X. 10.4039/n05-064.
• Klimaszewski . J.. Webster . R.. Savard . K.. 2009. First record of the genus Schistoglossa Kraatz from Canada with descriptions of seven new species (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae). ZooKeys. 22. 45–79. 10.3897/zookeys.22.153. free. 2009ZooK...22...45K.
• Book: LeConte . J.L.. 1861. Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Smithsonian Institution. 3. 136. 0665100558. 10.5962/bhl.title.38459. free.
• Majka . C.. Klimaszewski . J.. 2010. Contributions to the knowledge of the Aleocharinae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) in the Maritime Provinces of Canada. ZooKeys. 46. 15–39. 10.3897/zookeys.46.413. free. 2010ZooK...46...15M.
• Book: Mazur . Slawomir. Lobl . I.. Smetana . A.. 2004. Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 2: Hydrophiloidea - Histeroidea - Staphylinoidea. Apollo Books. 68–102. 87-88757-74-9.
• Book: White. Richard E.. 1998. 1983. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 0395910897. registration.

Notes and References

1. Web site: GBIF, Crataraea grandiceps.