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Checklist for Family Histeridae Gyllenhal, 1808 (clown beetle)
and region Atlantic Ocean (World Oceans)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
268
1353
2302
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
267
1351
2298
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
257
1324
2247
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
181
1072
1873
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
51
344
580
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
47
292
476
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Staphyliniformia
Lameere, 1900
8
79
143
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Histeroidea
Gyllenhal, 1808
1
11
14
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyHisteridae
Gyllenhal, 1808
Clown beetle, Clown beetles, Hister beetles, Steel beetles
11
14
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Atlantic Ocean
11 Genera with 14 Species
Aeletes Horn, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Atholus Thomson, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Bacanius LeConte, 19761SpeciesTaxom
Epierus Erichson, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Epitoxus Lewis, 19001SpeciesTaxom
Euspilotus Lewis, 18512SpeciesTaxom
Haeterius Dejean, 18741SpeciesTaxom
Hister Linnaeus, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Merohister Reitter, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Saprinus Erichson, 18553SpeciesTaxom
Stictostix Marseul, 18701SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Atlantic Ocean
14 Species
Aeletes (Aeletes) politus J. L. LeConte, 1853
Atholus (Atholus) bimaculatus Linnaeus, 1758Clown beetle
Bacanius (Gomyister) dentrecasteauxi Gomy, 1976Clown beetle
Epierus pulicarius Erichson, 1834
Epitoxus corycaeus Lewis, 1900
Euspilotus (Hesperosaprinus) assimilis Paykull, 1811
Euspilotus (Hesperosaprinus) insertus J. L. LeConte, 1851Drepanids
Haeterius tristriatus Horn, 1874
Hister abbreviatus Fabricius, 1775Abbreviated clown beetle
Merohister osculatus Blatchley, 1910
Saprinus (Saprinus) bicolor Olivier, 1789
Saprinus (Saprinus) lugens Erichson, 1834Clown beetle
Saprinus (Saprinus) strigil Marseul, 1855
Stictostix californica Horn, 1870

Subnodes of Histeridae with occurrences in Atlantic Ocean
SubfamilyAbraeinae
MacLeay, 1819
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyDendrophilinae
Reitter, 1909
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHaeteriinae
Marseul, 1857
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHisterinae
Gyllenhal, 1808
4
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySaprininae
Blanchard, 1845
2
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyTribalinae
Bickhardt, 1914
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Histeridae at artfakta.se
Histeridae at dyntaxa.se
Histeridae at gbif.org
Histeridae at irmng.org
Histeridae at itis.gov