Staphylinidae

Eulissus fulgidus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Staphylinoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Staphyliniformia Superfamilia: Staphylinoidea

Familia: Staphylinidae
Subfamiliae (32 + 1†): Aleocharinae – Apateticinae – Dasycerinae – Empelinae – Euaesthetinae – Glypholomatinae – Habrocerinae – Leptotyphlinae – Megalopsidiinae – Micropeplinae – Microsilphinae – Neophoninae – Olisthaerinae – Omaliinae – Osoriinae – Oxyporinae – Oxytelinae – Paederinae – Phloeocharinae – Piestinae – †Protactinae – Proteininae – Protopselaphinae – Pselaphinae – Pseudopsinae – Scaphidiinae – Scydmaeninae – Solieriinae – Staphylininae – Steninae – Tachyporinae – Trichophyinae – Trigonurinae

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Genera unassigned to subfamilia: †Apticax – †Megolisthaerus

Name

Staphylinidae Latreille, 1802: 124

Type genus: Staphylinus Linnaeus, 1758.

References

Primary references

• Latreille, P.A. 1802. Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des crustacés et des insectes. Ouvrage faisant suite à l’histoire naturelle générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon, et rédigée par C.S. Sonnini, membre de plusieurs sociétés savantes. Familles naturelles des genres. Tome troisième. F. Dufart, Paris, pp. i-xii + 13–467 [+ 1 (errata)]. BHL Reference page.  [original description: p. 124]

Additional references

• Asenjo, A., Irmler, U., Klimaszewski, J., Chandler, D.S., Fierros-López, H.E. & Vieira, J.S. 2019. Staphylinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) in Latin America: synopsis, annotated catalog, diversity and distribution. Zootaxa 4621(1): 1–406. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4621.1.1 Reference page. 
• Asiain, J., Márquez, J. & Irmler, U. 2015. New national and state records of Neotropical Staphylinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera). Zootaxa 3974(1): 76–92. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3974.1.5 Preview (PDF). Reference page. 
• Bachmann, A.O., Chani-Posse, M.R., Guala, M.E. & Newton, A.F. 2017. A catalog of the types of Staphylinidae (Insecta, Coleoptera) deposited in the Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, Buenos Aires (MACN). Zootaxa 4223(1): 1–74. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4223.1.1. Reference page. 
• Bédard, N., Brunke, A., Bloin, P. & Leclerc, L. 2024. New records of rove beetles from the Province of Quebec, and additional provincial records in Canada (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). ZooKeys 1196: 303–329. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1196.118698 Reference page. 
• Brunke, A.J.; Marshall, S.A. 2011: Contributions to the faunistics and bionomics of Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) in northeastern North America: discoveries made through study of the University of Guelph Insect Collection, Ontario, Canada. ZooKeys, 75: 29–68. ISSN: 1313-2970 (online) ISSN: 1313-2989 (print) DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.75.767
• Blackwelder, R.E. 1952. The generic names of the beetle family Staphylinidae, with an essay on genotypy. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 200: i–iv, 1–483. hdl: 10088/30426. BHL. Reference page. 
• Frank, J.H. & Ahn, K.-J. 2011. Coastal Staphylinidae (Coleoptera): a worldwide checklist, biogeography and natural history. ZooKeys 107: 1–98. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.107.1651 . Reference page. 
• Grebennikov, V.V.; Newton, A.F. 2009: Good-bye Scydmaenidae, or why the ant-like stone beetles should become megadiverse Staphylinidae sensu latissimo (Coleoptera). European journal of entomology, 106: 275–301.
• Hammond, H.E.J., García-Tejero, S., Pohl, G.H., Langor, D.W. & Spence, J.R. 2021. Spatial and temporal variation of epigaeic beetle assemblages (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Staphylinidae) in aspen-dominated mixedwood forests across north-central Alberta. Pp 951–991 In Spence, J.R., Casale, A., Assmann, T., Liebherr, J.K & Penev, L. (eds.). Systematic Zoology and Biodiversity Science: A tribute to Terry Erwin (1940-2020). ZooKeys 1044: 1–1042. Reference page.  DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1044.65776 Reference page. 
• Herman, L.H. 2001. Catalog of the Staphylinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera). 1758 to the end of the second millennium. I. Introduction, history, biographical sketches, and Omaliine group. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 265: 1–650. hdl: 2246/5826 Reference page. 
• Herman, L.H. 2001. Catalog of the Staphylinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera). 1758 to the end of the second millennium. II. Tachyporine group. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 265: 651–1066. hdl: 2246/5827 Reference page. 
• Herman, L.H. 2001. Catalog of the Staphylinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera). 1758 to the end of the second millennium. III. Oxyteline group. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 265: 1067–1806. hdl: 2246/5828 Reference page. 
• Herman, L.H. 2001. Catalog of the Staphylinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera). 1758 to the end of the second millennium. IV. Staphylinine group (Part 1). Euaesthetinae, Leptotyphlinae, Megalopsidiinae, Oxyporinae, Pseudopsinae, Solieriinae, Steninae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 265: 1807–2440. hdl: 2246/5829 Reference page. 
• Herman, L.H. 2001. Catalog of the Staphylinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera). 1758 to the end of the second millennium. V. Staphylinine group (Part 2). Staphylininae: Diochini, Maorothiini, Othiini, Platyprosopini, Staphylinini (Amblyopinina, Anisolinina, Hyptiomina, Philonthina). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 265: 2441–3020. hdl: 2246/5830 Reference page. 
• Herman, L.H. 2001. Catalog of the Staphylinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera). 1758 to the end of the second millennium. VI. Staphylinine group (Part 3). Staphylininae: Staphylinini (Quediina, Staphylinina, Tanygnathinina, Xanthopygina), Xantholinini. Staphylinidae incertae sedis. Fossils, Protactinae†. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 265: 3021–3840. hdl: 2246/5831 Reference page. 
• Herman, L.H. 2001. Catalog of the Staphylinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera). 1758 to the end of the second millennium. VII. Bibliography and Index. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 265: 3841–4218. hdl: 2246/5832 Reference page. 
• Japoshvili, G. & Khachikov, E. 2020. List of Staphylinids of Lagodekhi Reserve with some new records from Sakartvelo (Georgia). Zootaxa 4767(3): 495–500. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4767.3.9 Reference page. 
• Junk, W.; Schenkling, S. 1910: Coleopterorum Catalogus, Part 19 : Staphylinidae I.
• Klimaszewski, J., Newton, A.F., jr. & Thayer, M.K. 1996. A review of the New Zealand rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). New Zealand journal of zoology 23(2): 143–160. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1996.9518074 . Reference page. 
• Latreille, P.A. 1802: Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes. Tome 3. F. Dufart, Paris. Internet Archive BHL
• Ribeiro-Costa, C.S., Almeida, L.M., Caron, E., Corrêa, G.H., Linzmeier, A.M. & dos Santos, P.B. 2010. Catalog of the types of some families of Coleoptera (Insecta) deposited at Coleção de Entomologia Pe. J. S. Moure, Curitiba, Brazil. Zootaxa 2535: 1–34. Preview. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2535.1.1 . Academia.edu. Reference page. 
• Rodríguez, W.D., Navarrete-Heredia, J.L. & Klimaszewski, J. 2018. Rove beetles collected with carrion traps (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) in Quercus forest of Cerro de García, Jalisco and Quercus, Quercus-pine, and pine forests in other jurisdictions of Mexico. Zootaxa 4433(3): 457–477. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4433.3.4 PDF Reference page. 
• Catalogue of Palearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 2 ed. I. Lobl, & A. Smetana, Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark, 2004
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• Sikes, D.S., Thayer, M.K. & Newton, A.F. 2024. Large carrion and burying beetles evolved from Staphylinidae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Silphinae): a review of the evidence. ZooKeys 1200: 159–182. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1200.122835 Reference page. 

Links

• Australian Faunal Directory
• Scydmaenidae in SYNOPSIS OF THE DESCRIBED COLEOPTERA OF THE WORLD
• Staphylinidae in SYNOPSIS OF THE DESCRIBED COLEOPTERA OF THE WORLD
• Tree of Life Web Project. 1995. Staphylinidae Latreille 1802. Rove beetles. Version 01 January 1995 (temporary) in The Tree of Life Web Project
• Atlas of rove beatles (Staphylinidae) of Russia and adjacent countries [beetles]

Vernacular names

беларуская: Стафілініды
čeština: drabčíkovití
dansk: Rovbille
Deutsch: Kurzflügler
English: Rove beetles
français: Staphylinidés
magyar: holyvafélék, holyvák
日本語: ハネカクシ科
lietuvių: Trumpasparniai
Nederlands: Kortschildkevers
norsk: Kortvinger
polski: kusakowate
русский: Стафилиниды
српски / srpski: Краткокрилци
svenska: Kortvingar
Türkçe: Cepkenli böcekgiller
中文: 隱翅蟲科