Superfamily Staphylinoidea

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Habitat · Works Cited

Spiny-legged Rove Beetle - Manda nearctica

Rove beetle 4233 - Philonthus caeruleipennis

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Staphyliniformia)

Superfamily Staphylinoidea

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

change not yet implemented in the Guide: Silphidæ downgraded to subfamily of the Staphylinidæ(1)(2)

Numbers

one of the largest beetle lineages; see(3); 7 families, all represented in our area(4)(2)

Habitat

associated with all kinds of decaying matter and fungi; most Staphylinidæ are predatory

Works Cited

1.	Catalogue of Life

2.	Integrated phylogenomics and fossil data illuminate the evolution of beetles Cai C et al. 2022. R. Soc. Open Sci. 9: 211771.

3.	Newton A.F., Thayer M.K. Catalog of higher taxa of Staphyliniformia and genera and subgenera of Staphylinoidea [online]

4.	Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta) Bouchard P, Bousquet Y, Davies A, Alonso-Zarazaga M, Lawrence JF, Lyal CH, Newton A, Reid CA, Schmitt M, Ślipiński SA, Smith A. 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 8 December, 2023 - 10:11pm

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