Scydmaenidae (Leach 1815), Ant-like stone beetles ⇒ Taxonomy and Distribution of Family

Ants

Arachnids

Bees

Beetles

Booklice

Bugs

Bumblebees

Butterflies

Cicadas

Crane flies

Dragonflies

Earwigs

Flies

Isopods

Locusts

Mantises

Mayflies

Mosquitoes

Myriapods

Net-winged

Plant-parasitic

Plant-parasitic

Scorpion flies

Termites

Wasps

INSECTOIDGERENGDARK LIGHT

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Scydmaenidae Leach, 1815
is a synonym of Family Staphylinidae Lameere, 1900
This may be an outdated term
The Taxom listed here as synonyme is shown below

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	4179 190570 2444470	Families Genera Species
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	3816 189502 2439455	Families Genera Species
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	3399 186457 2415487	Families Genera Species
Superorder	Holometabola Heider, 1889 Holometabolous Insects	1891 142849 2048615	Families Genera Species
Order	Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758 Beetles, Coleopterans	592 62779 813516	Families Genera Species
Suborder	Polyphaga Emery, 1886 Polyphags	274 54416 687671	Families Genera Species
Infraorder	Staphyliniformia Lameere, 1900	22 8512 135171	Families Genera Species
Superfamily	Staphylinoidea Latreille, 1802 Carrion Beetles, Fungus Beetles, Rove Beetles	12 7401 118107	Families Genera Species
Family	Scydmaenidae Leach, 1815 Ant-like stone beetles, Scydmaenines	136 7550	Genera Species

Subnodes of Scydmaenidae Leach, 1815

Subfamily	Hapsomelinae Poinar & Brown, 2004	0 0	Genera Species
Subfamily	Mastiginae Fleming, 1821	15 255	Genera Species
Subfamily	Scydmaeninae Leach, 1815 Ant-like Stone Beetles, Antlike stone beetles	112 7291	Genera Species
Subfamily	Scydmaninae Leach, 1815	0 0	Genera Species
Genus	Caphennium	0	Species
Genus	Cepehennium	1	Species
Genus	Cephaloconnus Franz, 1998	0	Species
Genus	Ensimus Thomson, 1859 ⇒ Lissonota	0	Species
Genus	Microlynx ♰ Kohring & Schlüter, 1989	1	Species
Genus	Nesenthia	0	Species
Genus	Numerous	0	Species
Genus	Oeconnus	0	Species
Genus	Pomphopsylla	2	Species

Synonyms

Native, vernacular names and spellings of Scydmaenidae

German	Ameisenkäfer
English	Ant-like stone beetles, Scydmaenines
Dutch	Mierenkevertjes
Norwegian	Perlebiller

Distribution and Species lists of Scydmaenidae Leach, 1815

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Afghanistan
3 Genera 3 Species

Albania
8 Genera 18 Species

Algeria
13 Genera 72 Species

Andorra
3 Genera 5 Species

Argentina
5 Genera 18 Species

Armenia
6 Genera 17 Species

Australia
35 Genera 347 Species

Austria
14 Genera 100 Species

Azerbaijan
7 Genera 17 Species

Bahamas
3 Genera 0 Species

Belarus
1 Genus 1 Species

Belgium
10 Genera 38 Species

Belize
13 Genera 37 Species

Bhutan
4 Genera 17 Species

Bolivia
13 Genera 59 Species

Bosnia and Herzegovina
6 Genera 36 Species

Brazil
15 Genera 216 Species

Brunei
1 Genus 1 Species

Bulgaria
13 Genera 41 Species

Burkina Faso
1 Genus 1 Species

Burundi
8 Genera 36 Species

Cambodia
1 Genus 2 Species

Cameroon
2 Genera 16 Species

Canada
18 Genera 72 Species

Cape Verde
1 Genus 1 Species

Central African Republic
2 Genera 3 Species

Chad
3 Genera 24 Species

Chile
5 Genera 82 Species

China
15 Genera 157 Species

Colombia
7 Genera 31 Species

Comoros
5 Genera 15 Species

Costa Rica
13 Genera 30 Species

Croatia
8 Genera 51 Species

Cuba
4 Genera 12 Species

Cyprus
4 Genera 8 Species

Czech Republic
11 Genera 71 Species

Democratic Republic of the Congo
5 Genera 73 Species

Denmark
11 Genera 41 Species

Dominica
2 Genera 2 Species

Dominican Republic
3 Genera 2 Species

Ecuador
7 Genera 29 Species

Egypt
3 Genera 3 Species

Equatorial Guinea
2 Genera 27 Species

Eritrea
1 Genus 2 Species

Estonia
11 Genera 39 Species

Ethiopia
5 Genera 59 Species

Fiji
6 Genera 25 Species

Finland
12 Genera 57 Species

France
17 Genera 201 Species

Gabon
8 Genera 56 Species

Gambia
1 Genus 1 Species

Georgia
13 Genera 65 Species

Germany
11 Genera 69 Species

Ghana
4 Genera 104 Species

Greece
15 Genera 127 Species

Guatemala
7 Genera 45 Species

Guinea
2 Genera 9 Species

Guyana
2 Genera 3 Species

Haiti
1 Genus 1 Species

Honduras
1 Genus 1 Species

Hungary
11 Genera 64 Species

Iceland
3 Genera 3 Species

India
11 Genera 92 Species

Indonesia
14 Genera 147 Species

Iran
9 Genera 19 Species

Ireland
7 Genera 14 Species

Israel
5 Genera 20 Species

Italy
23 Genera 272 Species

Ivory Coast
6 Genera 119 Species

Jamaica
4 Genera 19 Species

Japan
15 Genera 113 Species

Jordan
6 Genera 6 Species

Kazakhstan
4 Genera 4 Species

Kenya
6 Genera 64 Species

Kosovo
1 Genus 1 Species

Kyrgyzstan
1 Genus 1 Species

Laos
10 Genera 25 Species

Latvia
4 Genera 10 Species

Lebanon
7 Genera 14 Species

Lesotho
9 Genera 26 Species

Liberia
2 Genera 2 Species

Liechtenstein
5 Genera 6 Species

Lithuania
3 Genera 4 Species

Luxembourg
8 Genera 24 Species

Madagascar
8 Genera 309 Species

Malaysia
15 Genera 212 Species

Mauritius
5 Genera 12 Species

Mexico
11 Genera 112 Species

Micronesia
8 Genera 24 Species

Mongolia
3 Genera 3 Species

Montenegro
5 Genera 23 Species

Morocco
10 Genera 56 Species

Mozambique
3 Genera 11 Species

Myanmar
7 Genera 16 Species

Namibia
4 Genera 10 Species

Nauru
8 Genera 24 Species

Nepal
12 Genera 167 Species

Netherlands
11 Genera 41 Species

New Zealand
10 Genera 183 Species

Nicaragua
2 Genera 6 Species

Niger
1 Genus 4 Species

Nigeria
4 Genera 55 Species

Niue
1 Genus 1 Species

Norway
16 Genera 131 Species

Pakistan
4 Genera 6 Species

Palestine
1 Genus 1 Species

Panama
6 Genera 28 Species

Papua New Guinea
6 Genera 14 Species

Paraguay
3 Genera 8 Species

Peru
15 Genera 71 Species

Philippines
11 Genera 42 Species

Poland
15 Genera 63 Species

Portugal
10 Genera 41 Species

Republic of the Congo
3 Genera 59 Species

Republic South Africa
11 Genera 243 Species

Romania
13 Genera 59 Species

Russia
18 Genera 176 Species

Rwanda
3 Genera 44 Species

Saint Lucia
2 Genera 2 Species

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
11 Genera 29 Species

Samoa
2 Genera 5 Species

Saudi Arabia
1 Genus 3 Species

Senegal
3 Genera 8 Species

Serbia
6 Genera 27 Species

Seychelles
4 Genera 14 Species

Sierra Leone
11 Genera 68 Species

Singapore
7 Genera 30 Species

Slovakia
12 Genera 74 Species

Slovenia
8 Genera 14 Species

Solomon Islands
4 Genera 14 Species

Somalia
2 Genera 8 Species

South Korea
2 Genera 2 Species

Spain
14 Genera 136 Species

Sri Lanka
8 Genera 222 Species

Sudan
2 Genera 7 Species

Suriname
4 Genera 48 Species

Sweden
13 Genera 64 Species

Switzerland
11 Genera 69 Species

Syria
6 Genera 25 Species

Taiwan
10 Genera 49 Species

Tanzania
9 Genera 189 Species

Thailand
10 Genera 107 Species

Togo
1 Genus 1 Species

Trinidad and Tobago
1 Genus 3 Species

Tunisia
12 Genera 50 Species

Turkey
16 Genera 89 Species

Turkmenistan
2 Genera 2 Species

Uganda
3 Genera 13 Species

Ukraine
10 Genera 41 Species

United Arab Emirates
1 Genus 1 Species

United Kingdom
15 Genera 58 Species

Uruguay
1 Genus 4 Species

USA
25 Genera 402 Species

Uzbekistan
4 Genera 4 Species

Vanuatu
1 Genus 2 Species

Venezuela
10 Genera 153 Species

Vietnam
8 Genera 56 Species

Yemen
3 Genera 18 Species

Zambia
1 Genus 5 Species

Zimbabwe
4 Genera 22 Species

Distribution on islands

Anjouan
1 Genus 1 Species

El Hierro
1 Genus 1 Species

Euboea
2 Genera 2 Species

Grande Comore
4 Genera 6 Species

Isla Victoria
1 Genus 1 Species

Islands of Chile
1 Genus 1 Species

La Digue
1 Genus 1 Species

La Gomera
2 Genera 3 Species

La Palma
1 Genus 0 Species

Langkawi
1 Genus 1 Species

Lord Howe Island
3 Genera 5 Species

Macaronesia
6 Genera 21 Species

Mahé
4 Genera 10 Species

Mohéli
2 Genera 5 Species

Puhtu
1 Genus 1 Species

Ruhnu
1 Genus 1 Species

Tenerife
2 Genera 3 Species

Found in fossile formations

Florissant Fossil Beds
1 Genus 1 Species

Much Wenlock Limestone Formation
1 Genus 1 Species

Links, sources and further information

Scydmaenidae at gbif.org
Scydmaenidae at irmng.org
Scydmaenidae at itis.gov