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Superfamily Staphylinoidea

Ocypus nitens? - Ocypus nitens - male Large Rove Beetle - Platydracus maculosus - female 9020446 Staph - Platydracus maculosus Beetle larva in slime mold - Agathidium Mojave-25 Hamotus sp. - Hamotus opimus Scotts Valley.J.2019.01 Rove Beetle larva
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Staphyliniformia)
Superfamily Staphylinoidea
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
change not yet implemented in the Guide: Silphidæ downgraded to subfamily of the Staphylinidæ(1)(2)
Numbers
one of the largest beetle lineages; see(3); 7 families, all represented in our area(4)(2)
Habitat
associated with all kinds of decaying matter and fungi; most Staphylinidæ are predatory
Works Cited
1.Catalogue of Life
2.Integrated phylogenomics and fossil data illuminate the evolution of beetles
Cai C et al. 2022. R. Soc. Open Sci. 9: 211771.
3.Newton A.F., Thayer M.K. Catalog of higher taxa of Staphyliniformia and genera and subgenera of Staphylinoidea [online]
4.Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)
Bouchard P, Bousquet Y, Davies A, Alonso-Zarazaga M, Lawrence JF, Lyal CH, Newton A, Reid CA, Schmitt M, Ślipiński SA, Smith A. 2011. ZooKeys 88: 1–972.