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)

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

Cafius algophilus (Staphylinini)

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

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

• Diochini Casey, 1906
  • Antarctothius Coiffait & Saiz
  • Coomania Cameron
  • Diochus Erichson, 1839
    • †Diochus electrus Chatzimanolis & Engel, 2011 (Lutetian, Baltic amber)^[3]
• Maorothiini
  

  Diochus electrus
• Othiini C.G.Thomson, 1859
• Platyprosopini Lynch, 1884
• Staphylinini Latreille, 1802 (including Philonthini, Tanygnathinini)
  • Cafius
  • Creophilus
    • Creophilus maxillosus – hairy rove beetle
  • Eucibdelus
  • Gabrius
  • Jurecekia
  • Ocypus
    • Ocypus olens – devil's coach-horse beetle
    • Ocypus ophthalmicus
  • Ontholestes
  • Paederomimus
  • Philonthus
    • Philonthus cognatus
  • Quedius
    • Quedius curtipennis
    • Quedius fuliginosus
  • Rhynchocheilus
  • Staphylinus
  • Stevensia
  • 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