Species list, Checklist of Infraorder Staphyliniformia for Qatar (Near East)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	43 120 140	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	43 120 140	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	41 116 136	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Holometabola Heider, 1889 Holometabolous Insects	35 110 130	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758 Beetles, Coleopterans	13 34 42	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Polyphaga Emery, 1886 Polyphags	11 29 36	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Staphyliniformia Lameere, 1900	2 4 5	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Qatar
2 Families width 5 Species and 1 Subspecies

Staphylinidae (Lameere, 1900)	Rove beetles	4	Species	Taxom
Hydrophilidae Latreille, 1802	Silver Water Beetles	1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Qatar
4 Genera with 5 Species

Species list for Qatar
5 Species and 1 Subspecies

Aleochara (Xenochara) rutilipennis Kraatz, 1859
Aleochara qatarensis Pace, 2009
Carpelimus simplicicollis Wollaston, 1857
Laccobius (Microlaccobius) praecipuus Kuwert, 1890
Octavius major princeps (Coiffait, 1963)	⇒ Octavius major Coiffait, 1958

Subnodes of Staphyliniformia with occurrences in Qatar

Superfamily	Hydrophiloidea Latreille, 1802 Histerids, Hydriphiloids, Hydrophilids, Water Scavenger and Clown Beetles	1 1 1	Family Genus Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Staphylinoidea Latreille, 1802 Carrion Beetles, Fungus Beetles, Rove Beetles, Staphylinid Beetles	1 3 4	Family Genera Species	Taxom

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