Homalota plana
(Gyllenhal, 1810)
Homalota plana is a of rove beetle in the Staphylinidae. It was first described by Gyllenhal in 1810. The species has a broad distribution spanning the Palearctic and Nearctic regions, with records from Europe, northern Asia, and North America.

Pronunciation
How to pronounce Homalota plana: /hɔˈma.lo.ta ˈpla.na/
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Distribution
Europe (including Poland, Spain), Russia (European and Siberian regions), Georgia, Algeria, Morocco, Korea (North and South), China (Heilongjiang), Canada (Alberta, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island), and USA (Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Florida, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Montana, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Washington).
Sources and further reading
- BugGuide
- Wikipedia
- GBIF taxonomy match
- iNaturalist taxon
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Catalogue of Life
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