Species

Thinopinus pictus (Pictured rove beetle)

Thinopinus pictus. Photo: (c) 2005 California Academy of Sciences, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

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The pictured rove beetle (Thinopinus pictus) is a wingless rove beetle which lives on the sandy beaches of the West Coast of the United States from southern Alaska to Baja California. It is nocturnal, emerging at night from temporary sand burrows to feed on beach hoppers (Orchestoidea).

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
    - Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
      - Class: Insecta (Insects)
        Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
        Order: Coleoptera (Beetles)
        Suborder: Polyphaga (Water, rove, scarab, long-horned, leaf, and snout beetles)
        Infraorder: Staphyliniformia (Staphyliniform beetles)
        Superfamily: Staphylinoidea (Rove, ant-like stone, and carrion beetles)
        Family: Staphylinidae (Rove beetles)
        Subfamily: Staphylininae
        Tribe: Staphylinini
        Subtribe: Staphylinina
        Genus: Thinopinus
        Species: Thinopinus pictus (Pictured rove beetle)

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