Gyrophaena affinis

Mannerheim, 1830

Gyrophaena affinis is a of rove beetle in the Staphylinidae. It is native to Europe and has been recorded across much of the Northern Hemisphere including Asia and North America. The species belongs to a known for small body size and association with fungal fruiting bodies.

Gyrophaena affinis (Sahlberg, 1834) Genital, Tergit (5901282321) by Udo Schmidt from Deutschland. Used under a CC BY-SA 2.0 license.

Gyrophaena (Gyrophaena) affinis by Jan Klimaszewski, Reginald Webster, Karine Savard. Used under a CC BY 3.0 license.

Gyrophaena affinis (Sahlberg, 1834) male (5901282209) (3) by Udo Schmidt from Deutschland. Used under a CC BY-SA 2.0 license.

Pronunciation

How to pronounce Gyrophaena affinis: /dʒaɪrəˈfiːnə əˈfɪnɪs/

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Distribution

Europe (28 countries), Russia (European part, Siberia, Far East), Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey, Iran, Kazakhstan, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Korea (North), Mongolia, China, Thailand, Canada (Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan), and the United States.

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Taxonomic Note

Gyrophaena affinis was described by Mannerheim in 1830. The is placed in the subgenus Leptarthrophaena within Gyrophaena.

Data Limitations

Available sources provide primarily taxonomic and distributional data. Detailed biological information on this appears sparse in the accessible literature.