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

Superfamily Staphylinoidea

Classification · Numbers · Habitat · Works Cited
beetle - Hoplandria rove beetle - Lordithon facilis Tychini - Lucifotychus testaceus Staphylinidae Leiodidae spec. rove beetle – genus Arpedium? Tiny black staphylinid Gabrius fallaciosus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Staphyliniformia)
Superfamily Staphylinoidea
Numbers
one of the largest beetle lineages; see(1); 6 families, all represented in our area(2)
Habitat
associated with all kinds of decaying matter and fungi; most staphylinids are predatory
Works Cited
1.Newton A.F., Thayer M.K. Catalog of higher taxa of Staphyliniformia and genera and subgenera of Staphylinoidea [online]
2.Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)
Bouchard P. et al. 2011. ZooKeys 88: 1–972.
Contributed by Cotinis on 9 January, 2006 - 9:11am
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian, Jeff Gruber, v belov
Last updated 3 August, 2023 - 1:26pm

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