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Parent Taxon

• Staphylinidae

Sibling Taxa

• Anotylus
• Apocellus
• Carpelimus
• Homalotrichus
• Manda
• Ochthephilus
• Oxytelus
• Phloeopora
• Planeustomus
• Platystethus
• Sartallus
• Thinodromus

Child Taxa

• Apocellus analis
• Apocellus bernhaueri
• Apocellus cognatus
• Apocellus crassicornis
• Apocellus curtipennis
• Apocellus dampfi
• Apocellus gracilicornis
• Apocellus gracilis
• Apocellus moestus
• Apocellus muticus
• Apocellus myrmecobius
• Apocellus opacipennis
• Apocellus sordidus
• Apocellus sphaericollis

Top Observation Places

• Washington
• Arlington