Species list, Checklist of Infraorder Staphyliniformia for Torres Strait (West Pacific Ocean)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	79 266 394	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	79 266 394	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	73 238 351	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Holometabola Heider, 1889 Holometabolous Insects	52 198 298	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758 Beetles, Coleopterans	19 52 49	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Polyphaga Emery, 1886 Polyphags	17 46 42	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Staphyliniformia Lameere, 1900	2 2 2	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Torres Strait
2 Families width 2 Species and 1 Subspecies

Staphylinidae Lameere, 1900	Rove beetles	1	Species	Taxom
Ptiliidae Heer, 1843	Feather-wing beetles	1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Torres Strait
2 Genera with 2 Species

Protamaurops Muller, 1944		1	Species	Taxom
Ptilium Gyllenhal, 1932		1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Torres Strait
2 Species and 1 Subspecies

Protamaurops macrophthalmus macrophthalmus Müller, 1944
Ptilium rennelense Deane, 1932

Subnodes of Staphyliniformia with occurrences in Torres Strait

Superfamily

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Genera
Species

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