Staphylininae

Staphylininae Temporal range: Lutetian–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Ontholestes cingulatus.[1][2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Staphylinidae
Subfamily:	Staphylininae Latreille, 1802
Diversity
6 tribes
Synonyms
Staphylinae (lapsus)

Platydracus cinnamopterus in SW Pennsylvania

Staphylininae are a subfamily of rove beetles (family Staphylinidae). They contain the typical rove beetles with their long but fairly robust blunt-headed and -tipped bodies and short elytra, as well as some more unusually-shaped lineages.

Systematics[]

(Staphylinini)

As it seems, the Staphylininae are part of a large clade together with the subfamilies Euaesthetinae, Leptotyphlinae, Megalopsidiinae, Oxyporinae, Paederinae, Pseudopsinae, Scydmaeninae, , Steninae, and the extinct which are only known from fossils.

The numerous Staphylininae genera are divided into six tribes. Some notable genera and species are also listed:

• Casey, 1906
  • Coiffait & Saiz
  • Cameron
  • Diochus Erichson, 1839
    • †Diochus electrus Chatzimanolis & Engel, 2011 (Lutetian, Baltic amber)^[3]
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  Diochus electrus
• C.G.Thomson, 1859
• Lynch, 1884
• Staphylinini Latreille, 1802 (including Philonthini, Tanygnathinini)
  • Cafius
  • Creophilus
    • Creophilus maxillosus – hairy rove beetle
  • Gabrius
  • Ocypus
    • Ocypus olens – devil's coach-horse beetle
    • Ocypus ophthalmicus
  • Ontholestes
  • Philonthus
    • Philonthus cognatus
  • Quedius
    • Quedius curtipennis
    • Quedius fuliginosus
  • Staphylinus
  • Thinopinus – pictured rove beetle
  • Velleius
    • Velleius dilatatus
• Xantholinini Erichson, 1839
  • Leptacinus
    • Leptacinus intermedius
  • Xantholinus

References[]

External links[]

• Media related to Staphylininae at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Staphylininae at Wikispecies

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