Dytoscotes

Smetana & Campbell, 1980

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Dytoscotes is a of rove beetles in the Staphylinidae, Phloeocharinae. It was described by Smetana and Campbell in 1980. Members of this genus are small beetles with the characteristic abbreviated of staphylinids, exposing most of the . The genus is poorly documented in public sources, with minimal observational records available.

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How to pronounce Dytoscotes: //daɪtoʊˈskoʊtiːz//

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Taxonomic note

Dytoscotes belongs to the Phloeocharinae, a group of small rove beetles often associated with decaying plant matter and fungal substrates. The was established relatively recently (1980) and remains poorly known.

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