Amauropini
Sign in to saveAmauropini is a tribe of small rove beetles in the subfamily Pselaphinae (Staphylinidae).
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Amauropini is a tribe of small rove beetles in the subfamily Pselaphinae (Staphylinidae).
==Description== Small rove beetles (length less than 5 mm). They are eyeless, and the area normally occupied by the eyes protrudes as a sharp spine. The elytra are shortened, and the tarsi are three-segmented (tarsal formula 3-3-3). All members inhabit deep leaf litter, areas under stones, or are troglobionts. Some American species of Arianops live in association with ants of the genus Amblyopone.
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