Bryoporus rufescens
LeConte, 1863
Bryoporus rufescens is a of rove beetle in the Staphylinidae, first described by John Lawrence LeConte in 1863. It belongs to the Mycetoporinae, a group associated with fungal . The species has a broad distribution across North America, with records from nearly all Canadian provinces and most continental U.S. states.

Pronunciation
How to pronounce Bryoporus rufescens: /bryoʊˈpoʊrəs ruˈfɛskɛnz/
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Distribution
Canada (Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan) and United States (Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, West Virginia)
Sources and further reading
- BugGuide
- GBIF taxonomy match
- iNaturalist taxon
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Catalogue of Life
- Bembicid Holdings | Entomology Research Museum
- Capitol spiders - Mediterranean recluse, Loxosceles rufescens — Bug of the Week
- Loxosceles rufescens Archives - Entomology Today
- New Species of Recluse Spider Named for Leonard Cohen
- New Study Busts Myths About Feared Recluse Spiders
- Bug Eric: Brown Recluse