| Emus | |
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| Emus hirtus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Staphylinidae |
| Tribe: | Staphylinini |
| Genus: | Emus Leach, 1819 |
| Type species | |
| Staphylinus hirtus Linnaeus, 1758 | |
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Emus is a genus of rove beetles with long, matted yellow, black, and grey hairs on the pronotum and parts of the abdomen.
There are four known species within this genus:
References
- Samouelle, George. "The entomologist's useful compendium, or An introduction to the knowledge of British insects : comprising the best means of obtaining and preserving them, and a description of the apparatus generally used; together with the genera of Linné, and the modern method of arranging the classes Crustacea, Myriapoda, Spiders, Mites and Insects, from their affinities and structure, according to the views of Dr. Leach ; also an explanation of the terms used in entomology; calendar of the times of appearance and usual situations of near 3,000 species of British insects ; with instructions for collecting and fitting up objects for the microscope ; illustrated with twelve plates". Printed for Thomas Boys, No. 7, Ludgate Hall. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
- "Emus Leach, 1819". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
- Ferreira, Raul Nascimento (2018). "New records and distributional data on the subtribe Staphylinina (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) from Portugal" (PDF). Fragmenta Faunistica. 61 (2): 89–97. doi:10.3161/00159301FF2018.61.2.089. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
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