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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Rove, Carrion and Fungus Beetles (Staphylinoidea)

Superfamily Staphylinoidea - Rove, Carrion and Fungus Beetles

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Rove Beetle Perhaps? - Philonthus cognatus black/black/red/red/black rove - Belonuchus rufipennis beetle - Scaphidium quadriguttatum metallic blue-green & reddish rove - Dinothenarus saphyrinus - male Gold and Brown Rove beetle - Platydracus maculosus rove beetle - Erichsonius tan rove - Lobrathium Rove Beetle ID Request - Platydracus maculosus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
Superfamily Staphylinoidea (Rove, Carrion and Fungus Beetles)
Numbers
Hydraenidae - Minute Moss Beetles [chapter 16 (1)]
Ptiliidae - Featherwing Beetles [chapter 17 (1)]
Agyrtidae - Primitive Carrion Beetles [chapter 18 (1)]
Leiodidae - Round Fungus Beetles [chapter 19 (1)]
Scydmaenidae - Ant-like Stone Beetles [chapter 20 (1)]
Silphidae - Carrion Beetles [chapter 21 (1)]
Staphylinidae - Rove Beetles [chapter 22 (1)]
Internet References
Catalog of higher taxa, genera and subgenera of Staphyliniformia
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia
By Arnett, R.H., Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.)
Contributed by Cotinis on 9 January, 2006 - 9:11am
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian, Jeff Gruber
Last updated 13 December, 2008 - 10:53am

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