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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Rove Beetles (Staphylinidae) » Staphylininae » Staphylinini

Tribe Staphylinini

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Internet References · Works Cited
Rove Beetle - Ocypus olens Wasp-mimic Beetle - Platydracus maculosus Intertidal insect - Thinopinus pictus Platydracus mysticus??? - Platydracus mysticus Creophilus maxillosus Quedius (Quedius) horni Hatch - Quedius horni Staphylinidae Rove Beetle. ? - Quedius Staphylinidae - Platydracus cinnamopterus? - Large Rove Beetle - Platydracus cinnamopterus
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 Staphylininae
Tribe Staphylinini
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
classification used in the Guide follows(1)
Size
According to the staphylinini.org website, the worldwide count is 5506 valid species in 9 subtribes, with more than 60 species being described each year for the last decade.
Internet References
www.staphylinini.org
Staphylinini species catalog
Works Cited
1.Molecular phylogeny of the mega-diverse rove beetle tribe Staphylinini (Insecta, Coleoptera, Staphylinidae)
Chatzimanolis S., Cohen I.M., Schomann A.S., Solodovnikov A. 2010. Zoologica Scripta 39: 436-449.
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 23 October, 2009 - 7:01pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 14 February, 2011 - 4:16pm

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