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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
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Staphylinoidea
Superfamily Staphylinoidea
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
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Numbers
one of the largest beetle lineages; see
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3
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; 7 families, all represented in our area
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4
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2
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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]
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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.
Contributed by
Cotinis
on 9 January, 2006 - 9:11am
Additional contributions by
Phillip Harpootlian
,
Jeff Gruber
,
v belov
Last updated 8 December, 2023 - 10:11pm