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Athetini
Tribe Athetini
Classification
Kingdom
Animalia (Animals)
Phylum
Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum
Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class
Insecta (Insects)
Order
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder
Polyphaga
No Taxon
(Series Staphyliniformia)
Superfamily
Staphylinoidea
Family
Staphylinidae (Rove Beetles)
Subfamily
Aleocharinae
Tribe
Athetini
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Ecitocharini Seevers 1965
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1
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members of the Geostibini used to be treated as a subtribe of Athetini
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2
)
Explanation of Names
Athetini Casey 1910
paraphyletic assemblage with regard to Lomechusini and Ecitocharini
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1
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Numbers
if treated in the old sense, ~650 spp. in 64 genera in our area
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3
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, >4,000 spp. in ~250 genera total
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4
)
Works Cited
1.
Phylogeny of the tribe Athetini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear sequence data
Elven H., Bachmann L., Gusarov V.I. 2010. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 57: 84–100.
2.
Molecular phylogeny of the Athetini–Lomechusini– Ecitocharini clade of aleocharine rove beetles (Insecta)
Elven H., Bachmann L., Gusarov V.I. 2012. Zoologica Scripta 41: 617–636.
3.
American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia
Arnett, R.H., Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.). 2000. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
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Catalogue of Life
Contributed by
v belov
on 5 January, 2011 - 9:06am
Last updated 14 December, 2023 - 2:46pm