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Subfamily Tachyporinae - Crab-like Rove Beetles


Tachyporinae revisited: phylogeny, evolution, and higher classification based on morphology, with recognition of a new...
By Yamamoto S.
Biology 10, 323, 156 pp., 2021
Full title: Tachyporinae revisited: phylogeny, evolution, and higher classification based on morphology, with recognition of a new rove beetle subfamily (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)
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Tachyporinae Revisited: Phylogeny, Evolution, and Higher Classification Based on Morphology, with Recognition of a New Rove Beet
By S. Yamamoto
Biology, 2021
Simple Summary: The rove beetle subfamily Tachyporinae has been suggested to be polyphyletic for
the last half century but there are no previous studies conducting phylogenetic analysis on this group
specifically. Here, the most comprehensive tachyporine phylogeny is shown, which again rejects the
monophyly of Tachyporinae and its largest tribe Tachyporini. A revised classification of Tachyporinae
is proposed here based on observation of morphological characters and their phylogenetic analyses.
This backbone phylogeny will be a framework for further evolutionary and ecological studies.

A revision of the genera Coproporus and Cilea (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) of America north of Mexico
By Campbell, J.M.
Canadian Entomologist 107: 175-216, 1975

A revision of the genera Mycetoporus Mannerheim and Ischnosoma Stephens of North and Central America
By Campbell, J.M.
Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, 123: 3-169, 1991
Full title: "A revision of the genera Mycetoporus Mannerheim and Ischnosoma Stephens (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Tachyporinae) of North and Central America."

New Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) records with new collection data from New Brunswick and eastern Canada: Tachyporinae
By Webster R.P., Sweeney J.D., Demerchant I.
Zookeys 186: 55-82, 2012

A Revision of the Genus Tachinus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) of North and Central America
By J. M. Campbell
Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, 1973
Includes Nitidotachinus, which was formerly lumped with this genus (under the tachyporoides group).

A Revision of the Genus Sepedophilus Gistel (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) of America North of Mexico
By J.M. Campbell
Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, 1976

Revision of the North American beetles of the staphylinid subfamily Tachyporinae.Part 1: Genus Tachyporus Gravenhorst
By Blackwelder, Richard E.
Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 84:39-54, 1936
full text available here and here

old but at least publicly accessible. I'm not sure how much of the taxonomy is still valid