Species list, Checklist of Infraorder Staphyliniformia for Kenya (East Africa)

Ants	Arachnids
Bees	Beetles
Booklice	Bugs
Bumblebees	Butterflies
Cicadas	Crane flies
Dragonflies	Earwigs
Flies	Isopods
Locusts	Mantises
Mayflies	Mosquitoes
Myriapods	Net-winged
Plant-parasitic	Scorpion flies
Termites	Wasps

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INSECTOIDGERENGDARK LIGHT

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Checklist for Infraorder Staphyliniformia Lameere, 1900
and region Kenya (East Africa)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	503 7105 22102	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	501 7100 22096	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	482 7015 21853	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Holometabola Heider, 1889 Holometabolous Insects	302 5811 19641	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758 Beetles, Coleopterans	74 1983 6237	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Polyphaga Emery, 1886 Polyphags	68 1730 5215	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Staphyliniformia Lameere, 1900	8 376 1482	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Kenya
8 Families width 1482 Species and 60 Subspecies

Histeridae Gyllenhal, 1808	Clown beetle	146	Species	Taxom
Hydraenidae Mulsant, 1844	Cascade Beetles	20	Species	Taxom
Hydrophilidae Latreille, 1802	Silver Water Beetles	161	Species	Taxom
Leiodidae Fleming, 1821	Round fungus beetles	6	Species	Taxom
Ptiliidae Heer, 1843	Feather-wing beetles	24	Species	Taxom
Scydmaenidae (Leach, 1815)	Ant-like stone beetles	64	Species	Taxom
Silphidae Latreille, 1807	Burying And Carrion Beetles	1	Species	Taxom
Staphylinidae Lameere, 1900	Rove beetles	1060	Species	Taxom

Subnodes of Staphyliniformia with occurrences in Kenya

Superfamily	Histeroidea Gyllenhal, 1808	1 45 146	Family Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Hydrophiloidea Latreille, 1802 Histerids, Hydriphiloids, Hydrophilids, Water Scavenger and Clown Beetles	1 35 161	Family Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Staphylinoidea Latreille, 1802 Carrion Beetles, Fungus Beetles, Rove Beetles, Staphylinid Beetles	6 296 1175	Families Genera Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Staphyliniformia at itis.gov