| Staphylinoidea | |
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| Devil's coach horse beetle, Ocypus olens | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Staphyliniformia |
| Superfamily: | Staphylinoidea Latreille, 1802 |
Staphylinoidea is a superfamily of beetles. It is a very large and diverse group with worldwide distribution.
Characteristics
Most staphylinoids are middle-sized or small beetles with a pair of shortened elytra. The hind wings have no accessory posterior ridge (locking device), no wedge cell and apical cell. Abdominal 8th segment not entirely invaginated in the 7th. Head mostly without coronal suture.[1]
Systematics and evolution
Staphylinoidea contains the following subgroups:[2][3][4][5]
- Family Agyrtidae C.G. Thomson 1859 (primitive carrion beetles)
- Subfamily Agyrtinae Thomson, 1859
- Subfamily Necrophilinae Newton, 1997
- Subfamily Pterolomatinae Thomson, 1862
- Family Hydraenidae Mulsant 1844 (minute moss beetles)
- Subfamily Hydraeninae Mulsant, 1844
- Subfamily Ochthebiinae C. G. Thomson, 1860
- Subfamily Orchymontiinae Perkins, 1997
- Subfamily Prosthetopinae Perkins, 1994
- Family Leiodidae Fleming 1821 (round fungus beetles)
- Subfamily Camiarinae Jeannel, 1911
- Subfamily Catopocerinae Hatch, 1927
- Subfamily Cholevinae Kirby, 1837
- Subfamily Coloninae Horn, 1880
- Subfamily Leiodinae Fleming, 1821
- Subfamily Platypsyllinae Ritsema, 1869
- Family Ptiliidae Erichson 1845 (featherwing beetles)
- Subfamily Acrotrichinae Reitter, 1909
- Subfamily Cephaloplectinae Sharp, 1883
- Subfamily Nanosellinae Barber, 1924
- Subfamily Ptiliinae Erichson, 1845
- Family Silphidae Latreille 1807 (carrion beetles)
- Subfamily Nicrophorinae Kirby, 1837
- Subfamily Silphinae Latreille, 1806
- Family Staphylinidae Latreille 1802 (rove beetles)
- Subfamily Aleocharinae Fleming, 1821
- Subfamily Apateticinae Fauvel, 1895
- Subfamily Dasycerinae Reitter, 1887
- Subfamily Empelinae Newton and Thayer, 1992
- Subfamily Euaesthetinae Thomson, 1859
- Subfamily Glypholomatinae Jeannel, 1962
- Subfamily Habrocerinae Mulsant and Rey, 1876
- Subfamily Leptotyphlinae Fauvel, 1874
- Subfamily Megalopsidiinae Leng, 1920
- Subfamily Micropeplinae Leach, 1815
- Subfamily Microsilphinae Crowson, 1950
- Subfamily Neophoninae Fauvel, 1905
- Subfamily Olisthaerinae Thomson, 1858
- Subfamily Omaliinae MacLeay, 1825
- Subfamily Osoriinae Erichson, 1839
- Subfamily Oxyporinae Fleming, 1821
- Subfamily Oxytelinae Fleming, 1821
- Subfamily Paederinae Fleming, 1821
- Subfamily Phloeocharinae Erichson, 1839
- Subfamily Piestinae Erichson, 1839
- Subfamily Proteininae Erichson, 1839
- Subfamily Protopselaphinae Newton and Thayer, 1995
- Subfamily Pselaphinae Latreille, 1802
- Subfamily Pseudopsinae Ganglbauer, 1895
- Subfamily Scaphidiinae Latreille, 1806
- Subfamily Scydmaeninae Leach, 1815
- Subfamily Solieriinae Newton and Thayer, 1992
- Subfamily Staphylininae Latreille, 1802
- Subfamily Steninae MacLeay, 1825
- Subfamily Tachyporinae MacLeay, 1825
- Subfamily Trichophyinae Thomson, 1858
- Subfamily Trigonurinae Reiche, 1866
- † Subfamily Protactinae Heer, 1847
The unambiguous fossil record dates back to Triassic, and an early Mesozoic origin of the group is probable.[6]
References
- ^ M.Hansen. Phylogeny and classification of the staphyliniform beetle families (Coleoptera). Biologiske Skrifter 48, Copenhagen, 1997
- ^ Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (88): 1–972. doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 3088472. PMID 21594053.
- ^ Beutel, R. G. and Leschen, R.A.B. 2005. Phylogenetic analysis of Staphyliniformia (Coleoptera) based on characters of larvae and adults. Systematic Entomology
- ^ J. F. Lawrence and A. F. Newton, Jr. 1995. Families and subfamilies of Coleoptera (with selected genera, notes, references and data on family-group names). pp. 779-1006 In: J. Pakaluk & S. A. Slipinski (Eds.): Biology, Phylogeny, and Classification of Coleoptera: Papers Celebrating the 80th Birthday of Roy A. Crowson. Museum i Instytut Zoologii PAN, Warszawa
- ^ "Superfamily Staphylinoidea - Rove, Carrion and Fungus Beetles". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-06-16.
- ^ Grimaldi, D. and Engel, M.S. (2005). Evolution of the Insects. Cambridge University Press