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

Tribe Xantholinini

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Internet References · Works Cited
Staph 56 - Nudobius Beetle IMG_7782 Another Rove Beetle - Xantholinus linearis longiventris? - Xantholinus longiventris Xantholinini? - Gauropterus fulgidus Long Skinny Rove Beetle Xantholinini? Xantholininae?
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
Tribe Xantholinini
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
revised in(1)
Explanation of Names
Xantholinini Erichson 1839
Numbers
106 spp. in 23 genera in our area, of which four represented by adventive species only and seven are precinctive to NA(2)
Identification
Antennae more or less geniculate; neck narrow, usually a third or less as wide as head(2)
Range
most of the world
Internet References
Taxon profile(3)
Works Cited
1.Revision of the subfamily Xantholininae of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)
Smetana A. 1982. Mem. Ent. Soc. Canada 114: 1-389.
2.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.
3.Staphylinidae of eastern Canada and the adjacent United States. Keys to subfamilies; Staphylininae: ...
Brunke A., Newton A., Klimaszewski J., Majka C.G., Marshall S. 2011. Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification 12: 1-110.
Contributed by tom murray on 29 November, 2005 - 8:16pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 14 September, 2021 - 1:02pm

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