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Subfamily Xantholininae

Rove beetle - Neohypnus obscurus rove beetle - Neohypnus monstrosus Xestolinus abdominalis Casey - Xestolinus abdominalis - female Beetle - Oxybleptes - female Staphylinidae 60 Staph 1 - Nudobius cephalus Gauropterus fulgidus Lithocharodes longicollis - male
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 Xantholininae
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
see (1)
Numbers
116 spp. (incl. several adventive) in 27 genera of 3 tribes in our area, >80 genera in 4 tribes total(1)(2)(3)
Range
worldwide
Works Cited
1.Multilocus phylogeny defines a new classification of Staphylininae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae)...
Żyła D., Solodovnikov A. 2020. Sys. Entomol. 45: 114–127.
2.Othius punctulatus (Goeze, 1777) (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) detected in the Pacific Northwest: a Palearctic genus new to the US
Rood R.J., Brunke A., Solodovnikov A. 2015. Col. Bull. 69: 412-414.
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.