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Checklist for Infraorder Staphyliniformia Lameere, 1900
and region Elgin County (Southwestern Ontario, Ontario, Canada)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
364
2265
3389
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
363
2263
3387
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
344
2194
3250
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
241
1835
2817
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
72
572
905
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
67
494
719
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Staphyliniformia
Lameere, 1900
8
121
194
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Elgin County
8 Families width 194 Species
Histeridae Gyllenhal, 1808Clown beetle28SpeciesTaxom
Ptiliidae Heer, 1843Feather-wing beetles10SpeciesTaxom
Staphylinidae (Lameere, 1900)Rove beetles107SpeciesTaxom
Hydrophilidae (Latreille, 1802)Silver Water Beetles28SpeciesTaxom
Leiodidae (Fleming, 1821)Round fungus beetles3SpeciesTaxom
Scydmaenidae Leach, 1815Ant-like stone beetles4SpeciesTaxom
Helophoridae Leach, 1815Water scavenger beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Silphidae Latreille, 1807Burying And Carrion Beetles13SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Elgin County
121 Genera with 194 Species
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Acritus LeConte, 1803Hister Beetle2SpeciesTaxom
Acrotrichis Motschulsky, 18445SpeciesTaxom
Acylophorus Nordmann, 1837
0SpeciesTaxom
Aeletes Horn, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Aleochara Gravenhorst, 18064SpeciesTaxom
Aloconota Thomson, 18321SpeciesTaxom
Amischa Thomson, 18692SpeciesTaxom
Anacaena Thomson, 18292SpeciesTaxom
Anotylus Thomson, 17993SpeciesTaxom
Arrhenopeplus Koch, 18281SpeciesTaxom
Atheta Thomson, 1858
Vexing Rove Beetles0SpeciesTaxom
Atholus Thomson, 18112SpeciesTaxom
Bacanius LeConte, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Berosus Leach, 18882SpeciesTaxom
Bledius Samouelle, 17991SpeciesTaxom
Callicerus Gravenhorst, 18021SpeciesTaxom
Calodera Mannerheim, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Carcinops Marseul, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Carpelimus Kirby, 18303SpeciesTaxom
Catops Paykull, 17921SpeciesTaxom
Cercyon Leach, 17585SpeciesTaxom
Chaetarthria Stephens, 18611SpeciesTaxom
Cilea Jacquelin du..., 17671SpeciesTaxom
Coelostoma Brullé, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Colon Herbst, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Coprophilus Latreille, 17931SpeciesTaxom
Coproporus Kraatz, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Cordalia Jacobs, 1802Rove beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Crataraea Thomson, 1830Rove beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Creophilus Samouelle, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Cryptopleurum Mulsant, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Dalmisus Sharp, 18861SpeciesTaxom
Deleaster Erichson, 18021SpeciesTaxom
Dendrophilus Leach, 18732SpeciesTaxom
Dinaraea Thomson, 18101SpeciesTaxom
Earota Mulsant and Rey, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Elacatophora Schaufuss, 20041SpeciesTaxom
Enochrus Thomson, 18443SpeciesTaxom
Epierus Erichson, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Euplectus Leach, 18161SpeciesTaxom
Eurylister Bickhardt, 18111SpeciesTaxom
Euspilotus Lewis, 18111SpeciesTaxom
Falagria Samouelle, 18371SpeciesTaxom
Gabrius Stephens, 18021SpeciesTaxom
Gyrohypnus Samouelle, 17762SpeciesTaxom
Gyrophaena Mannerheim, 18001SpeciesTaxom
Habrocerus Erichson, 18061SpeciesTaxom
Haeterius Dejean, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Helophorus Fabricius, 17981SpeciesTaxom
Helopium Westwood, 18541SpeciesTaxom
Heterosilpha Portevin, 18231SpeciesTaxom
Heterothops Stephens, 18391SpeciesTaxom
Hister Linnaeus, 18614SpeciesTaxom
Homalota Mannerheim, 18101SpeciesTaxom
Hydrobius Leach, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Hydrochara Berthold, 1823Water Scavenger Beetle1SpeciesTaxom
Hydrophilus Müller, 1823Giant Water Scavenger Beetles2SpeciesTaxom
Hypocaccus Thomson, 18251SpeciesTaxom
Ischnosoma Stephens, 18061SpeciesTaxom
Laccobius Erichson, 19792SpeciesTaxom
Lathrobium Gravenhorst, 17671SpeciesTaxom
Leptusa Kraatz, 19891SpeciesTaxom
Lithocharis Dejean, 18021SpeciesTaxom
Lobrathium Mulsant & Rey, 18401SpeciesTaxom
Lordithon C.G. Thomson, 18843SpeciesTaxom
Margarinotus Marseul, 18035SpeciesTaxom
Medon Stephens, 18302SpeciesTaxom
Meotica Mulsant and Rey, 18491SpeciesTaxom
Meronera Sharp, 18391SpeciesTaxom
Millidium Motschulsky, 18041SpeciesTaxom
Mocyta Mulsant & Rey, 18061SpeciesTaxom
Mycetoporus Mannerheim, 19912SpeciesTaxom
Necrodes Leach, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Necrophila Kirby & Spence, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Nehemitropia Lohse, 18301SpeciesTaxom
Nephanes Thomson, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Nicrophorus Fabricius, 1783Burying Beetle6SpeciesTaxom
Nudobius C.G. Thomson, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Ocypus Leach, 17641SpeciesTaxom
Oiceoptoma Leach, 17712SpeciesTaxom
Oligota Mannerheim, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Omalium Gravenhorst, 17891SpeciesTaxom
Ontholestes Ganglbauer, 18021SpeciesTaxom
Oxypoda Mannerheim, 19062SpeciesTaxom
Oxytelus Gravenhorst, 18022SpeciesTaxom
Paederus Fabricius, 1775
0SpeciesTaxom
Paracymus Thomson, 18251SpeciesTaxom
Paromalus Erichson, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Phanerota Casey, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Phelister Marseul, 18251SpeciesTaxom
Philonthus Stephens, 17587SpeciesTaxom
Phyllodrepa Thomson, 17891SpeciesTaxom
Placusa Erichson, 19341SpeciesTaxom
Platydracus Thomson, 18024SpeciesTaxom
Platysoma Leach, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Platystethus Mannerheim, 18781SpeciesTaxom
Porrhodites Kraatz, 18281SpeciesTaxom
Proteinus Latreille, 18401SpeciesTaxom
Ptenidium Erichson, 18692SpeciesTaxom
Ptiliola Haldeman, 1848
0SpeciesTaxom
Ptomaphagus Illiger, 18451SpeciesTaxom
Quedius Stephens, 18024SpeciesTaxom
Rugilus Samouelle, 18362SpeciesTaxom
Rybaxis Saulcy, 19271SpeciesTaxom
Saprinus Erichson, 18442SpeciesTaxom
Scydmoraphes Reitter, 18451SpeciesTaxom
Sepedophilus Gistel, 1793Rove beetles4SpeciesTaxom
Smicrus Matthews, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Sphaeridium Fabricius, 17583SpeciesTaxom
Stenichnus Thomson, 18222SpeciesTaxom
Stenus Latreille, 18742SpeciesTaxom
Tachinus Gravenhorst, 17583SpeciesTaxom
Tachyporus Gravenhorst, 17586SpeciesTaxom
Tasgius Stephens, 18023SpeciesTaxom
Tectosternum Balfour-Browne, 18691SpeciesTaxom
Thanatophilus Leach, 18532SpeciesTaxom
Trichophya Mannerheim, 18101SpeciesTaxom
Tropisternus Solier, 1775water scavenger beetle1SpeciesTaxom
Tunicopterus Tikhomirova, 19681SpeciesTaxom
Xantholinus Dejean, 17951SpeciesTaxom
Xylodromus Heer, 18021SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Elgin County
194 Species
Acritus (Acritus) exiguus Erichson, 1834
Acritus (Acritus) nigricornis Hoffmann, 1803Hister beetle
Acrotrichis (Acrotrichis) cognata Matthews, 1877Featherwing beetle
Acrotrichis (Acrotrichis) intermedia Gillmeister, 1845
Acrotrichis (Acrotrichis) sericans Heer, 1841Silky feather-winged beetle
Acrotrichis (Acrotrichis) thoracica Waltl, 1838
Acrotrichis (Ctenopteryx) grandicollis Mannerheim, 1844
Aeletes (Aeletes) politus J. L. LeConte, 1853
Aleochara (Aleochara) curtula Goeze, 1777Rove beetle
Aleochara (Coprochara) bilineata Gyllenhal, 1810Rove beetle
Aleochara (Xenochara) lanuginosa Gravenhorst, 1802Fairy swords
Aleochara (Xenochara) tristis (Gravenhorst, 1806)⇒ Aleochara moesta Gravenhorst, 1802
Aloconota (Aloconota) sulcifrons Stephens, 1832Rove beetle
Amischa (Amischa) analis Gravenhorst, 1802Rove beetle
Amischa (Amischa) decipiens Sharp, 1869
Anacaena limbata Fabricius, 1792
Anacaena lutescens Stephens, 1829
Anotylus (Oxytelops) insecatus Gravenhorst, 1806Rove beetle
Anotylus (Oxytelops) rugosus Fabricius, 1775Rove beetle
Anotylus (Oxytelops) tetracarinatus Block, 1799Rove beetle
Arrhenopeplus tesserula (Curtis, 1828)⇒ Arrhenoplus tesserula Curtis, 1828
Atholus (Atholus) bimaculatus Linnaeus, 1758Clown beetle
Atholus (Euatholus) americanus Paykull, 1811
Bacanius (Bacanius) punctiformis J. L. LeConte, 1853
Berosus (Berosus) peregrinus Herbst, 1797
Berosus (Enoplurus) majusculus Blackburn, 1888
Bledius (Hesperophilus) opacus Block, 1799
Callicerus obscurus Gravenhorst, 1802Fairy swords
Calodera rufescens Kraatz, 1856
Carcinops (Carcinops) pumilio Erichson, 1834Clown beetle
Carpelimus (Carpelimus) fuliginosus Gravenhorst, 1802
Carpelimus (Myopinus) elongatulus Erichson, 1839
Carpelimus (Trogophloeus) gracilis (Mannerheim, 1830)⇒ Carpelimus subtilis Erichson, 1839
Catops morio (Fabricius, 1792)⇒ Apocatops nigrita Erichson, 1837
Cercyon (Cercyon) haemorrhoidalis (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Cercyon impressus Sturm, 1807
Cercyon (Cercyon) lateralis Marsham, 1802
Cercyon (Cercyon) quisquilius Linnaeus, 1761Water scavenger beetle
Cercyon (Cercyon) terminatus Marsham, 1802Water scavenger beetle
Cercyon (Cercyon) unipunctatus Linnaeus, 1758Water scavenger beetle
Chaetarthria pallida LeConte, 1861
Cilea silphoides Linnaeus, 1767Staph beetle
Coelostoma (Coelostoma) orbiculare Fabricius, 1775
Colon (Colon) serripes C.R. Sahlberg, 1834
Coprophilus (Coprophilus) striatulus Fabricius, 1793Rove beetle
Coproporus ventriculus Say, 1834
Cordalia obscura Gravenhorst, 1802Rove beetle
Crataraea suturalis Mannerheim, 1830Rove beetle
Creophilus maxillosus Linnaeus, 1758Carrion Beetle
Cryptopleurum minutum Fabricius, 1775
Dalmisus batrisodes Sharp, 1886
Deleaster dichrous Gravenhorst, 1802Rove beetle
Dendrophilus (Dendrophilus) punctatus (Herbst, 1791)⇒ Dendrophilus corticalis Paykull, 1798
Dendrophilus (Dendrophilus) xavieri Marseul, 1873Hister beetle
Dinaraea angustula Gyllenhal, 1810Staphylinid beetle
Earota dentata Bernhauer, 1906
Elacatophora apion Jaloszynski, 2004
Enochrus (Lumetus) hamiltoni Horn, 1890
Enochrus (Methydrus) cinctus Say, 1824
Enochrus (Methydrus) ochraceus Melsheimer, 1844
Epierus pulicarius Erichson, 1834
Euplectus (Euplectus) signatus Reichenbach, 1816Rove Beetle
Eurylister carolinus Paykull, 1811
Euspilotus (Hesperosaprinus) assimilis Paykull, 1811
Falagria caesa (Erichson, 1837)⇒ Falagria sulcatus Paykull, 1789
Gabrius nigritulus Gravenhorst, 1802Rove beetle
Gyrohypnus (Gyrohypnus) angustatus Stephens, 1833Staph beetle
Gyrohypnus (Gyrohypnus) fracticornis O. F. Müller, 1776Staph beetle
Gyrophaena (Gyrophaena) nana Paykull, 1800Rove beetle
Habrocerus capillaricornis Gravenhorst, 1806Staph beetle
Haeterius brunneipennis Randall, 1838
Helophorus (Helophorus) grandis Illiger, 1798Dwarf sand verbena
Helopium agabus J. O. Westwood, 1854
Heterosilpha ramosa Say, 1823Garden Carrion Beetle
Heterothops praevius Erichson, 1839
Hister abbreviatus Fabricius, 1775Abbreviated clown beetle
Hister depurator Say, 1825
Hister furtivus J. E. LeConte, 1860
Hister pteromalus Marseul, 1861
Homalota plana Gyllenhal, 1810Rove beetle
Hydrobius fuscipes C. Linnaeus, 1758Water Scavenger Beetle
Hydrochara obtusata Say, 1823
Hydrophilus (Hydrophilus) albipes Laporte de C..., 1840
Hydrophilus (Hydrophilus) triangularis Say, 1823Giant Black Water Beetle
Hypocaccus (Hypocaccus) fraternus Say, 1825
Ischnosoma splendidum Gravenhorst, 1806Staph beetle
Laccobius (Hydroxenus) borealis Cheary, 1971
Laccobius (Laccobius) spangleri Malcolm, 1979
Lathrobium (Lathrobium) elongatum Linnaeus, 1767
Leptusa (Dysleptusa) carolinensis Pace, 1989
Lithocharis ochracea Gravenhorst, 1802Fairy swords
Lobrathium collare Erichson, 1840
Lordithon (Lordithon) bimaculatus Schrank, 1798
Lordithon (Lordithon) thoracicus Fabricius, 1777Staph beetle
Lordithon facilis Casey, 1884
Margarinotus (Ptomister) brunneus Fabricius, 1775
Margarinotus (Ptomister) harrisii Kirby, 1837
Margarinotus (Ptomister) immunis Erichson, 1834
Margarinotus (Ptomister) interruptus Palisot de B..., 1805
Margarinotus (Ptomister) merdarius Hoffmann, 1803
Medon brunneus Erichson, 1839
Medon fusculus Mannerheim, 1830
Meotica (Meotica) pallens (Redtenbacher, 1849)⇒ Meotica anglica Benick, 1991
Meronera venustula Erichson, 1839
Millidium minutissimum Ljungh, 1804Ptilid beetle
Mocyta fungi Gravenhorst, 1806Rove beetle
Mycetoporus (Mycetoporus) clavicornis Stephens, 1832
Mycetoporus rufohumeralis Campbell, 1991
Necrodes surinamensis Fabricius, 1775Red-lined Carrion Beetle
Necrophila americana Linnaeus, 1758American Carrion Beetle
Nehemitropia lividipennis Mannerheim, 1830Rove beetle
Nephanes titan Newman, 1834
Nicrophorus americanus Olivier, 1790American burying beetle
Nicrophorus investigator Zetterstedt, 1824Banded Sexton Beetle
Nicrophorus marginatus Fabricius, 1801Margined Burying Beetle
Nicrophorus orbicollis Say, 1825Roundneck Sexton Beetle
Nicrophorus tomentosus Weber, 1801Gold-necked carrion beetle
Nicrophorus vespilloides Herbst, 1783Boreal Carrion Beetle
Nudobius cephalus Say, 1834
Ocypus (Ocypus) olens Müller, 1764Cocktail
Oiceoptoma inaequale Fabricius, 1781Ridged Carrion Beetle
Oiceoptoma noveboracense Forster, 1771Margined Carrion Beetle
Oligota (Oligota) parva Kraatz, 1862Rove beetle
Omalium rivulare Paykull, 1789Ocillate rove beetle
Ontholestes cingulatus Gravenhorst, 1802Gold and Brown Rove Beetle
Oxypoda (Oxypoda) opaca Gravenhorst, 1802Rove beetle
Oxypoda amica Casey, 1906
Oxytelus (Epomotylus) sculptus Gravenhorst, 1806Rove beetle
Oxytelus (Tanycraerus) laqueatus Marsham, 1802Rove beetle
Paracymus subcupreus Say, 1825
Paromalus (Paromalus) bistriatus Erichson, 1834
Phanerota fasciata Say, 1834
Phelister subrotundus Say, 1825
Philonthus (Philonthus) carbonarius (Gravenhorst, 1802)⇒ Philonthus tenuicornis Mulsant & Rey, 1853
Philonthus (Philonthus) caucasicus Nordmann, 1837Staph beetle
Philonthus (Philonthus) cognatus Stephens, 1832Staph beetle
Philonthus (Philonthus) cyanipennis Fabricius, 1793Staph Beetle
Philonthus (Philonthus) debilis Gravenhorst, 1802Staph beetle
Philonthus (Philonthus) discoideus Gravenhorst, 1802Rove beetle
Philonthus (Philonthus) politus (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Philonthus concinnus Gravenhorst, 1802
Phyllodrepa (Phyllodrepa) floralis Paykull, 1789
Placusa (Placusa) incompleta Sjöberg, 1934Rove beetle
Platydracus cinnamopterus Gravenhorst, 1802Cinnamon Rove Beetle
Platydracus fossator Gravenhorst, 1802Red-spotted Rove Beetle
Platydracus maculosus Gravenhorst, 1802Brown Rove Beetle
Platydracus zonatus Gravenhorst, 1802
Platysoma (Platysoma) leconti Marseul, 1853
Platystethus (Craetopycrus) degener Mulsant & Rey, 1878Rove beetle
Porrhodites fenestralis Zetterstedt, 1828Staph beetle
Proteinus atomarius Erichson, 1840Staph beetle
Ptenidium (Ptenidium) pusillum Gyllenhal, 1808Tiny feather-winged beetle
Ptenidium (Wankowiczium) intermedium Wankowicz, 1869
Ptomaphagus (Ptomaphagus) sericatus (Chaudoir, 1845)⇒ Ptomaphagus tenuicornis tenuicornis Rosenhauer, 1856
Quedius (Distichalius) cinctus Paykull, 1790Large rove beetle
Quedius (Microsaurus) cruentus Olivier, 1795Rove beetle
Quedius (Microsaurus) fulgidus (Fabricius, 1792)⇒ Quedius assimilis Nordmann, 1837
Quedius (Microsaurus) mesomelinus Marsham, 1802Staph beetle
Rugilus (Rugilus) orbiculatus Paykull, 1789
Rugilus (Rugilus) rufipes Germar, 1836Staph beetle
Rybaxis transversa Fall, 1927
Saprinus (Saprinus) lugens Erichson, 1834Clown beetle
Saprinus (Saprinus) oregonensis J. E. LeConte, 1844
Scydmoraphes minutus (Chaudoir, 1845)⇒ Scydmoraphes helvolus Schaum, 1844
Sepedophilus cinctulus Erichson, 1839
Sepedophilus crassus Gravenhorst, 1802
Sepedophilus marshami Stephens, 1832Staph beetle
Sepedophilus testaceus Fabricius, 1793Staph beetle
Smicrus filicornis Fairmaire & ..., 1855
Sphaeridium bipustulatum (Fabricius, 1781)⇒ Nephus quadrimaculatus Herbst, 1783
Sphaeridium lunatum Fabricius, 1792Mougeot's amphidium moss
Sphaeridium scarabaeoides Linnaeus, 1758Water scavenger beetle
Stenichnus (Cyrtoscydmus) collaris P.W.J. Müll..., 1822
Stenichnus (Cyrtoscydmus) scutellaris P.W.J. Müll..., 1822
Stenus (Stenus) clavicornis Scopoli, 1763Staph beetle
Stenus cicindela Sharp, 1874
Tachinus (Tachinus) corticinus Gravenhorst, 1802Staph beetle
Tachinus (Tachinus) fimbriatus Gravenhorst, 1802
Tachinus rufipes Linnaeus, 1758Rove beetle
Tachyporus (Palporus) nitidulus Fabricius, 1781Staph Beetle
Tachyporus (Tachyporus) dispar Paykull, 1789Staph beetle
Tachyporus (Tachyporus) jocosus Say, 1834
Tachyporus atriceps Stephens, 1832
Tachyporus borealis Campbell, 1979
Tachyporus chrysomelinus Linnaeus, 1758Staph Beetle
Tasgius (Rayacheila) melanarius Heer, 1839Rove beetle
Tasgius (Rayacheila) winkleri Bernhauer, 1906Staph beetle
Tasgius (Tasgius) ater Gravenhorst, 1802Staph Beetle
Tectosternum naviculare Zimmermann, 1869
Thanatophilus lapponicus Herbst, 1793Northern Carrion Beetle
Thanatophilus sagax Mannerheim, 1853
Trichophya pilicornis Gyllenhal, 1810Staph beetle
Tropisternus (Tropisternus) lateralis (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Tropisternus glaber Herbst, 1797
Tunicopterus sigara Tikhomirova, 1968
Xantholinus (Xantholinus) linearis (Olivier, 1795)⇒ Neohypnus lineatus Wendeler, 1924
Xylodromus concinnus (Marsham, 1802)⇒ Xylodromus brunneipennis Stephens, 1832

Subnodes of Staphyliniformia with occurrences in Elgin County
SuperfamilyHisteroidea
Gyllenhal, 1808
1
17
28
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyHydrophiloidea
Latreille, 1802
Histerids, Hydriphiloids, Hydrophilids, Water Scavenger and Clown Beetles
2
17
29
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyStaphylinoidea
Latreille, 1802
Carrion Beetles, Fungus Beetles, Rove Beetles, Staphylinid Beetles
5
87
137
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Staphyliniformia at itis.gov