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Checklist of Infraorder Staphyliniformia Lameere, 1900
for Botswana (Southern Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
315
2337
4562
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
313
2335
4557
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
297
2273
4403
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
205
1925
3869
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
47
656
1472
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
43
535
1141
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Staphyliniformia
Lameere, 1900
7
73
181
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Botswana
7 Families width 181 Species and 6 Subspecies
Histeridae Gyllenhal, 1808Clown beetle30SpeciesTaxom
Ptiliidae Heer, 1843Feather-wing beetles4SpeciesTaxom
Staphylinidae Lameere, 1900Rove beetles78SpeciesTaxom
Hydrophilidae Latreille, 1802Silver Water Beetles66SpeciesTaxom
Hydraenidae Mulsant, 1844Cascade Beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Silphidae Latreille, 1807Burying And Carrion Beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Leiodidae Fleming, 1821Round fungus beetles1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Botswana
73 Genera with 181 Species
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Acritus LeConte, 1921Hister Beetle2SpeciesTaxom
Acrotrichis Motschulsky, 19692SpeciesTaxom
Acylophorus Nordmann, 20103SpeciesTaxom
Afrobium Fagel, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Agraphydrus Régimbart, 19032SpeciesTaxom
Aleochara Gravenhorst, 19526SpeciesTaxom
Allocotocerus Kraatz, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Amphiops Erichson, 19953SpeciesTaxom
Astenus Stephens, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Atholus Thomson, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Berosus Leach, 194811SpeciesTaxom
Bledius Samouelle, 17982SpeciesTaxom
Carpelimus Kirby, 20078SpeciesTaxom
Cercyon Leach, 19979SpeciesTaxom
Chaetabraeus Portevin, 20192SpeciesTaxom
Chalcionellus Reichardt, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Coelostoma Brullé, 18513SpeciesTaxom
Contipides Newton, 19062SpeciesTaxom
Crephelochares Kuwert, 19393SpeciesTaxom
Dahlgrenius Penati and V..., 18901SpeciesTaxom
Diatrechus Bernhauer, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Diplostix Bickhardt, 20041SpeciesTaxom
Elapheia1SpeciesTaxom
Enochrus Thomson, 19245SpeciesTaxom
Epitoxus Lewis, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Errabundus Mazur, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Gabrius Stephens, 20144SpeciesTaxom
Gauropterus Thomson, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Helochares Mulsant, 193613SpeciesTaxom
Hister Linnaeus, 18518SpeciesTaxom
Hydrochara Berthold, 1851Water Scavenger Beetle1SpeciesTaxom
Hydrophilus Müller, 1835Giant Water Scavenger Beetles2SpeciesTaxom
Hypocaccus Thomson, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Idiogaster Wasmann, 19701SpeciesTaxom
Ischnopoda Stephens, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Laccobius Erichson, 19952SpeciesTaxom
Mimopinophilus Coiffait, 19341SpeciesTaxom
Ochthebius Leach, 19481SpeciesTaxom
Pachylister Lewis, 18612SpeciesTaxom
Pactolinus Motschulsky, 18601SpeciesTaxom
Paederidus Mulsant & Rey, 18552SpeciesTaxom
Paederus Fabricius, 18405SpeciesTaxom
Paracymus Thomson, 19542SpeciesTaxom
Paramyrmoecia Scheerpeltz, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Paraperinthus Seevers, 19701SpeciesTaxom
Paratropus Gerstaecker, 19971SpeciesTaxom
Pelorurus Lacordaire, 18541SpeciesTaxom
Peltochares Régimbart, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Perinthodes Seevers, 20041SpeciesTaxom
Philonthoblerius Tottenham, 19801SpeciesTaxom
Philonthus Stephens, 200914SpeciesTaxom
Platydracus Thomson, 18602SpeciesTaxom
Ptiliola Haldeman, 20182SpeciesTaxom
Regimbartia Zaitzev, 19042SpeciesTaxom
Saprinus Erichson, 18115SpeciesTaxom
Scopaeus Erichson, 19733SpeciesTaxom
Sculptura Thérond, 19851SpeciesTaxom
Spercheus Kugelann, 18322SpeciesTaxom
Sphaeridium Fabricius, 18403SpeciesTaxom
Stenistoderus Jacquelin du..., 19081SpeciesTaxom
Stenus Latreille, 18849SpeciesTaxom
Sternolophus Solier, 20172SpeciesTaxom
Terametopon Vienna, 19931SpeciesTaxom
Termitomimus Trägårdh, 19681SpeciesTaxom
Termitopulex Fauvel, 19681SpeciesTaxom
Thanatophilus Leach, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Thinodromus Kraatz, 20131SpeciesTaxom
Thyreocephalus Guérin-Ménev..., 2015Metallic Green Rove Beetles2SpeciesTaxom
Thysanarthria d´Orchymont, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Trissemus Jeannel, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Tunicopterus Tikhomirova, 19681SpeciesTaxom
Zeadolopus Broun, 20031SpeciesTaxom
Zyras Stephens, 19083SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Botswana
181 Species and 6 Subspecies
Acritus (Acritus) alutaceus Thérond, 1961
Acritus (Acritus) methneri Bickhardt, 1921
Acrotrichis botswanensis Darby, 2018
Acrotrichis tersa Johnson, 1969
Acylophorus acufer Lott, 2012
Acylophorus lomaensis Levasseur, 1971
Acylophorus nitens Lott, 2010
Afrobium alutaceum K.Schubert, 1911
Agraphydrus (Agraphydrus) coomani Orchymont, 1927
Agraphydrus albescens Régimbart, 1903
Aleochara bisolata Casey, 1906
Aleochara lineatocollis Bernhauer, 1930
Aleochara mahagi Likovský, 1983
Aleochara marginipennis Bernhauer, 1930
Aleochara sublaevipennis Fauvel, 1907
Aleochara turneri Cameron, 1952
Allocotocerus simplex Régimbart, 1906
Amphiops lasioides Régimbart, 1903
Amphiops senegalensis Laporte, 1840
Amphiops uhligi Hebauer, 1995
Astenus subnotatus Fauvel, 1904
Atholus conformis Erichson, 1834
Berosus corrugatus Régimbart, 1906
Berosus cribrosus Fairmaire, 1897
Berosus cuspidatus Erichson, 1843
Berosus dunguensis Schödl, 1994
Berosus furcatus Boheman, 1851
Berosus gebieni Knisch, 1922
Berosus hammondi Schödl, 1994
Berosus kalahariensis Orchymont, 1936
Berosus punctulatus (Boheman, 1851)⇒ Berosus infuscatus LeConte, 1855
Berosus rubiginosus Kuwert, 1890
Berosus ugandanus J.Balfour-Br..., 1948
Bledius auriculicollis Bernhauer, 1915
Bledius tuberculatus Fabricius, 1798
Carpelimus (Boopinus) memnonius Erichson, 1840Big spore andreaeobryum moss
Carpelimus boops Fauvel, 1904
Carpelimus chopardi Cameron, 1950
Carpelimus kunenensis Gildenkov, 2012
Carpelimus lisfranci lisfranci
Carpelimus sericeipennis Bernhauer, 1938
Carpelimus transmarinus Fauvel, 1907
Carpelimus uhligi Gildenkov, 2007
Cercyon (Cercyon) atricapillus (Marsham, 1802)⇒ Cercyon nigriceps Marsham, 1802
Cercyon (Cercyon) nigriceps Marsham, 1802
Cercyon (Cercyon) putricola Wollaston, 1867
Cercyon (Cercyon) quisquilius Linnaeus, 1761Water scavenger beetle
Cercyon dieganus Régimbart, 1903
Cercyon hova Régimbart, 1903
Cercyon luteus Orchymont, 1942
Cercyon marshalli Knisch, 1924
Cercyon martialis Hebauer, 1997
Chaetabraeus (Mazureus) curtulus Fahraeus, 1851
Chaetabraeus mpumalangaensis Gomy, 2019
Chalcionellus amoenulus Fahraeus, 1851
Coelostoma ealanum Orchymont, 1941
Coelostoma picturatum Orchymont, 1936
Coelostoma rufitarse Boheman, 1851
Contipides flexuosus J.E.F.Schmidt, 1889
Contipides oblongus Lewis, 1906
Crephelochares africanus Orchymont, 1937
Crephelochares lycetus Orchymont, 1939
Crephelochares rutiloides Orchymont, 1939
Dahlgrenius pretiosus Schmidt, 1890
Diplostix (Diplostix) paromaloides Gomy & Vienna, 2004
Elapheia meridionalis Bordoni, 2016
Enochrus (Methydrus) circumductus Régimbart, 1905
Enochrus (Methydrus) hesperidum Sharp, 1870
Enochrus (Methydrus) meracus J.Balfour-Br..., 1952
Enochrus (Methydrus) natalensis Gemminger & ..., 1868
Enochrus (Methydrus) rubidus Knisch, 1924
Epitoxus circulifrons Marseul, 1853
Errabundus ignavus Fahraeus, 1851
Gabrius accipiter Hromádka, 2014
Gabrius arctocebus Hromádka, 2014
Gabrius glareola Hromádka, 2014
Gabrius platysaurus Hromádka, 2014
Gauropterus nasutus Harold, 1879
Helochares blaesus Orchymont, 1936
Helochares bohemani Orchymont, 1936
Helochares coomani (Orchymont, 1927)⇒ Agraphydrus coomani Orchymont, 1927
Helochares dilutus Erichson, 1843
Helochares dilutus dilutus
Helochares itylus J.Balfour-Br..., 1952
Helochares mecarus Orchymont, 1939
Helochares pallens W. S. MacLeay, 1825
Helochares parallelus Hebauer, 1999
Helochares phallicus Orchymont, 1936
Helochares structus Orchymont, 1936
Helochares subtilis Orchymont, 1936
Hister contemptus Marseul, 1854
Hister cruentus Erichson, 1834
Hister fossor Erichson, 1834
Hister furciger Marseul, 1869
Hister pteromalus Marseul, 1861
Hister tropicus Paykull, 1811Musk rose
Hister viduus Fahraeus, 1851
Hister vilis Fahraeus, 1851
Hydrochara flavipalpis Boheman, 1851
Hydrophilus (Temnopterus) aculeatus Solier, 1834
Hydrophilus senegalensis Percheron, 1835
Hypocaccus (Hypocaccus) teretrioides Schmidt, 1889
Idiogaster trinervoides Kistner, 1970
Ischnopoda capensis Casey, 1906
Laccobius (Microlaccobius) afer Gentili, 1980
Laccobius (Microlaccobius) uhligi Gentili, 1995
Mimopinophilus tristicollis Bernhauer, 1934
Ochthebius (Asiobates) andronius Orchymont, 1948
Pachylister rocca Marseul, 1861
Paederidus colonus Wendeler, 1931
Paederidus luctuosus Klug, 1855
Paederus capitalis Bernhauer, 1928
Paederus capitalis capitalis
Paederus junodi Bernhauer, 1912
Paederus nigripes Bernhauer, 1932
Paederus sabaeus Erichson, 1840Kenya fly
Paracymus chalceus Régimbart, 1903
Paracymus pisanus Balfour-Browne, 1954
Paramyrmoecia bipustulata Bernhauer, 1915
Paraperinthus sheasbyi Pasteels & K..., 1970
Paratropus erbelingi Kanaar, 1997
Peltochares longipalpis Murray, 1859
Perinthodes botswanicus Kistner, 2004
Philonthoblerius centrafricanus Levasseur, 1980
Philonthus (Philonthus) pan Hromádka, 2008
Philonthus (Philonthus) sanguineus Fauvel, 1907
Philonthus (Philonthus) syncerus Hromádka, 2005
Philonthus (Philonthus) tumulinus Tottenham, 1955
Philonthus (Trionthus) balbus Tottenham, 1955
Philonthus (Trionthus) caffer Boheman, 1848
Philonthus (Trionthus) cinctus Fauvel, 1905
Philonthus (Trionthus) cliens Eppelsheim, 1890
Philonthus (Trionthus) morio Boheman, 1848
Philonthus (Trionthus) nairobiensis Fauvel, 1907
Philonthus (Trionthus) ovithorax Bernhauer & ..., 1914
Philonthus (Trionthus) roeri Last, 1992
Philonthus bubalornis Hromádka, 2014
Philonthus falco Hromádka, 2009
Platydracus caffer Boheman, 1848
Platydracus pictus Boheman, 1860
Ptiliola minutissima Darby, 2018
Ptiliola semitaria Darby, 2018
Regimbartia compressa Boheman, 1851
Regimbartia nilotica Sharp, 1904
Saprinus (Saprinus) bicoloroides Dahlgren, 1964
Saprinus (Saprinus) cruciatus Fabricius, 1792
Saprinus (Saprinus) crypticus Dahlgren, 1967
Saprinus (Saprinus) purpuricollis Schmidt, 1890
Saprinus (Saprinus) splendens Paykull, 1811
Scopaeus filiformis Wollaston, 1867
Scopaeus punctatellus Fauvel, 1905
Scopaeus udus Fagel, 1973
Sculptura therondi Vienna, 1985
Spercheus gerardi Orchymont, 1929
Spercheus senegalensis Laporte, 1832
Sphaeridium eximium Berge Henego..., 1992
Sphaeridium ornatum Boheman, 1851
Sphaeridium senegalense Laporte, 1840
Stenistoderus usagarae Bernhauer, 1908
Stenus rorellus caffer Puthz, 1971
Stenus obconicus damarensis Puthz, 1967
Stenus furcifer Puthz, 1965
Stenus gerardi Bernhauer, 1932
Stenus okavangoensis Puthz, 2006
Stenus peringueyi L.Benick, 1933
Stenus peringueyi peringueyi
Stenus prospector Fauvel, 1907
Stenus ranops Casey, 1884
Sternolophus angolensis Erichson, 1843
Sternolophus mandelai Nasserzadeh ..., 2017
Terametopon (Psammoprinus) namibiensis Mazur, 1993
Termitomimus alzadae Kistner, 1968
Termitopulex sheasbyi Kistner, 1968
Thanatophilus micans Fabricius, 1794
Thinodromus gildenkovi Makranczy, 2013
Thyreocephalus manfredi Janák & Bord..., 2015
Thyreocephalus meridionalis Janák & Bord..., 2015
Thysanarthria atriceps Régimbart, 1903
Trissemus sulcicornis Raffray, 1895
Tunicopterus sigara Tikhomirova, 1968
Zeadolopus ashanti Peck, 2003
Zyras botswanensis Pace, 2012
Zyras dispar Boheman, 1848
Zyras schultzei Bernhauer, 1908

Subnodes of Staphyliniformia with occurrences in Botswana
SuperfamilyHisteroidea
Gyllenhal, 1808
1
18
30
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SuperfamilyHydrophiloidea
Latreille, 1802
Histerids, Hydriphiloids, Hydrophilids, Water Scavenger and Clown Beetles
1
19
66
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SuperfamilyStaphylinoidea
Latreille, 1802
Carrion Beetles, Fungus Beetles, Rove Beetles, Staphylinid Beetles
5
36
85
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


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