Staphylininae

Staphylininae
Temporal range: Lutetian–Recent
Ontholestes cingulatus.[1][2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Staphylinidae
Subfamily: Staphylininae
Latreille, 1802
Diversity
6 tribes
Synonyms

Staphylinae (lapsus)

Staphylininae are a subfamily of rove beetles (family Staphylinidae). They contain the typical rove beetles with their long but fairly robust blunt-headed and -tipped bodies and short elytra, as well as some more unusually-shaped lineages.

Systematics

Cafius algophilus (Staphylinini)

As it seems, the Staphylininae are part of a large clade together with the subfamilies Euaesthetinae, Leptotyphlinae, Megalopsidiinae, Oxyporinae, Paederinae, Pseudopsinae, Scydmaeninae, Solieriinae, Steninae, and the extinct Protactinae which are only known from fossils.

The numerous Staphylininae genera are divided into six tribes. Some notable genera and species are also listed:

References

  1. ↑ Cirrus Digital: Gold and Brown Rove Beetle
  2. ↑ Bugguide.net Subfamily Staphylininae - Large Rove Beetles
  3. ↑ Chatzimanolis, S.; Engel, M. S. (2011). "A new species of Diochus from Baltic amber (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Diochini)" (PDF). ZooKeys. 138: 65–73. doi:10.3897/zookeys.138.1896.
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