''Atrecus'' is a genus of
beetle
Beetles are insects that form the Taxonomic rank, order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 40 ...
s belonging to the family
Staphylinidae
The rove beetles are a family (biology), family (Staphylinidae) of beetles, primarily distinguished by their short elytra (wing covers) that typically leave more than half of their abdominal segments exposed. With over 66,000 species in thousand ...
.
The genus was first described by Jacquelin du Val in 1856.
The species of this genus are found in Eurasia and Northern America.
Species include:
* ''
Atrecus affinis''
* ''
Atrecus longiceps''
* ''
Atrecus pilicornis''
References
Staphylininae
Staphylinidae genera
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