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Checklist for Infraorder Staphyliniformia Lameere, 1900
and region Vancouver Island (British Columbia, Canada)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
378
2427
3666
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
376
2423
3662
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
361
2383
3584
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
254
2026
3108
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
68
511
803
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
63
427
585
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Staphyliniformia
Lameere, 1900
10
78
133
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Vancouver Island
10 Families width 133 Species
Histeridae Gyllenhal, 1808Clown beetle12SpeciesTaxom
Leiodidae Fleming, 1821Round fungus beetles8SpeciesTaxom
Staphylinidae (Lameere, 1900)Rove beetles81SpeciesTaxom
Hydrophilidae Latreille, 1802Silver Water Beetles19SpeciesTaxom
Helophoridae Leach, 1815Water scavenger beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Hydraenidae Mulsant, 1844Cascade Beetles4SpeciesTaxom
Agyrtidae Thomson, 1859Primitive carrion beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Silphidae Latreille, 1807Burying And Carrion Beetles5SpeciesTaxom
Ptiliidae Heer, 1843Feather-wing beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Sphaeritidae Schuckard, 1839False clown beetle1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Vancouver Island
78 Genera with 133 Species
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Acritus LeConte, 1834Hister Beetle1SpeciesTaxom
Aeletes Horn, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Agathidium Panzer, 18535SpeciesTaxom
Aleochara Gravenhorst, 18022SpeciesTaxom
Amblopusa Casey, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Amischa Thomson, 1858
0SpeciesTaxom
Anacaena Thomson, 18292SpeciesTaxom
Anotylus Thomson, 17992SpeciesTaxom
Atheta Thomson, 0Vexing Rove Beetles3SpeciesTaxom
Atrecus Jacquelin du..., 18371SpeciesTaxom
Autalia Leach, 18021SpeciesTaxom
Bledius Samouelle, 18631SpeciesTaxom
Bolitochara Mannerheim, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Cafius Stephens, 18631SpeciesTaxom
Carpelimus Kirby, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Catops Paykull, 20021SpeciesTaxom
Cercyon Leach, 184310SpeciesTaxom
Cilea Jacquelin du..., 17671SpeciesTaxom
Colenis Erichson, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Cordalia Jacobs, 1802Rove beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Creophilus Samouelle, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Cryptopleurum Mulsant, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Dalotia Casey, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Dianous Samouelle, 18741SpeciesTaxom
Gabrius Stephens, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Gyrohypnus Samouelle, 17762SpeciesTaxom
Gyrophaena Mannerheim, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Helophorus Fabricius, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Helopium Westwood, 18541SpeciesTaxom
Hister Linnaeus, 18613SpeciesTaxom
Homaeotarsus Hochhuth, 18302SpeciesTaxom
Hydraena Kugelann, 19233SpeciesTaxom
Hydrobius Leach, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Hypocaccus Thomson, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Leptacinus Erichson, 18271SpeciesTaxom
Linohesperus Smetana, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Lordithon C.G. Thomson, 19822SpeciesTaxom
Margarinotus Marseul, 18932SpeciesTaxom
Medon Stephens, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Megasternum Mulsant, 18021SpeciesTaxom
Mocyta Mulsant & Rey, 18061SpeciesTaxom
Mycetoporus Mannerheim, 19911SpeciesTaxom
Necrophilus Latreille, 18351SpeciesTaxom
Neopachylopus Reichardt, 18431SpeciesTaxom
Nicrophorus Fabricius, 1801Burying Beetle4SpeciesTaxom
Ocalea Erichson, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Ochthebius Leach, 17981SpeciesTaxom
Ocypus Leach, 17742SpeciesTaxom
Omalium Gravenhorst, 1802
0SpeciesTaxom
Ontholestes Ganglbauer, 18021SpeciesTaxom
Oropus Casey, 18741SpeciesTaxom
Oxypoda Mannerheim, 19112SpeciesTaxom
Oxytelus Gravenhorst, 18022SpeciesTaxom
Philonthus Stephens, 188415SpeciesTaxom
Phlaeopterus Motschulsky, 20184SpeciesTaxom
Placusa Erichson, 1837
0SpeciesTaxom
Plegaderus Erichson, 18701SpeciesTaxom
Ptenidium Erichson, 18081SpeciesTaxom
Quedius Stephens, 18382SpeciesTaxom
Rugilus Samouelle, 17891SpeciesTaxom
Rybaxis Saulcy, 1876
0SpeciesTaxom
Saprinus Erichson, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Scaphisoma Leach, 19971SpeciesTaxom
Sciodrepoides Hatch, 18151SpeciesTaxom
Sepedophilus Gistel, 1793Rove beetles2SpeciesTaxom
Sphaeridium Fabricius, 17583SpeciesTaxom
Sphaerites Duftschmid, 1846False clown beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Stenus Latreille, 18844SpeciesTaxom
Stictalia Casey, 19062SpeciesTaxom
Tachinus Gravenhorst, 17583SpeciesTaxom
Tachyporus Gravenhorst, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Tarphiota Casey, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Tasgius Stephens, 18021SpeciesTaxom
Thanatophilus Leach, 17931SpeciesTaxom
Trigonurus Mulsant, 19341SpeciesTaxom
Xantholinus Dejean, 17951SpeciesTaxom
Xerosaprinus Wenzel, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Xylodromus Heer, 18021SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Vancouver Island
133 Species
Acritus (Acritus) exiguus Erichson, 1834
Aeletes (Aeletes) politus J. L. LeConte, 1853
Agathidium angulare Mannerheim, 1852
Agathidium exiguum Melsheimer, 1844Cooper's wild cabbage
Agathidium maculosum Brown, 1928Duckbills
Agathidium politum LeConte, 1866
Agathidium pulchrum LeConte, 1853
Aleochara (Coprochara) verna Say, 1836Danglepod
Aleochara (Xenochara) lanuginosa Gravenhorst, 1802Fairy swords
Amblopusa brevipes Casey, 1894
Anacaena limbata Fabricius, 1792
Anacaena lutescens Stephens, 1829
Anotylus (Oxytelops) rugosus Fabricius, 1775Rove beetle
Anotylus (Oxytelops) tetracarinatus Block, 1799Rove beetle
Atheta (Atheta) brunneipennis C. G. Thomson, 1852
Atheta (Atheta) graminicola Gravenhorst, 1806
Atheta atriventris
Atrecus macrocephalus Nordmann, 1837
Autalia rivularis (Gravenhorst, 1802)⇒ Autalia puncticollis Sharp, 1864
Bledius suturalis LeConte, 1863
Bolitochara arcuata Casey, 1906
Cafius sulcicollis LeConte, 1863
Carpelimus (Paratrogophloeus) bilineatus (Stephens, 1834)⇒ Carpelimus erichsoni Sharp, 1871
Catops paramericanus Peck and Cook, 2002Altantic chub mackerel
Cercyon (Cercyon) fimbriatus Mannerheim, 1852Water scavenger beetle
Cercyon (Cercyon) haemorrhoidalis (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Cercyon impressus Sturm, 1807
Cercyon (Cercyon) impressus Sturm, 1807
Cercyon (Cercyon) lateralis Marsham, 1802
Cercyon (Cercyon) pygmaeus Illiger, 1801
Cercyon (Cercyon) quisquilius Linnaeus, 1761Water scavenger beetle
Cercyon (Cercyon) tolfino Hatch, 1965Kern County larkspur
Cercyon (Cercyon) unipunctatus Linnaeus, 1758Water scavenger beetle
Cercyon (Paracercyon) analis Paykull, 1798Water scavenger beetle
Cercyon adumbratum Mannerheim, 1843
Cilea silphoides Linnaeus, 1767Staph beetle
Colenis (Colenis) impunctata LeConte, 1853
Cordalia obscura Gravenhorst, 1802Rove beetle
Creophilus maxillosus Linnaeus, 1758Carrion Beetle
Cryptopleurum minutum Fabricius, 1775
Dalotia coriaria Kraatz, 1856Greenhouse Rove Beetle
Dianous nitidulus (LeConte, 1874)⇒ Dianous dubiosus Puthz, 2000
Gabrius picipennis Mäklin, 1852
Gyrohypnus (Gyrohypnus) angustatus Stephens, 1833Staph beetle
Gyrohypnus (Gyrohypnus) fracticornis O. F. Müller, 1776Staph beetle
Gyrophaena vitrina Casey, 1906
Helophorus (Rhopalohelophorus) lecontei Knisch, 1924Powell's amaranth
Helopium agabus J. O. Westwood, 1854
Hister abbreviatus Fabricius, 1775Abbreviated clown beetle
Hister militaris Horn, 1870
Hister pteromalus Marseul, 1861
Homaeotarsus californicus J.L.LeConte, 1878
Homaeotarsus cinctus Say, 1830
Hydraena circulata Perkins, 1980
Hydraena pacifica Perkins, 1980
Hydraena vandykei Orchymont, 1923
Hydrobius fuscipes C. Linnaeus, 1758Water Scavenger Beetle
Hypocaccus (Hypocaccus) bigemmeus J. L. LeConte, 1851Drepanids
Leptacinus batychrus Gyllenhal, 1827Staph beetle
Linohesperus borealis Casey, 1906
Lordithon conabilis Herman, 2001
Lordithon fungicola Campbell, 1982
Margarinotus (Paralister) umbrosus Casey, 1893
Margarinotus (Ptomister) fractifrons Casey, 1893
Medon insularis Casey, 1905
Megasternum concinnum Marsham, 1802
Mocyta fungi Gravenhorst, 1806Rove beetle
Mycetoporus rufohumeralis Campbell, 1991
Necrophilus hydrophiloides Guérin-Ménev..., 1835Flat Brown Scavenger Beetle
Neopachylopus sulcifrons Mannerheim, 1843
Nicrophorus defodiens Mannerheim, 1846
Nicrophorus guttula Motschulsky, 1845Yellow-bellied Burying Beetle
Nicrophorus investigator Zetterstedt, 1824Banded Sexton Beetle
Nicrophorus marginatus Fabricius, 1801Margined Burying Beetle
Ocalea vancouveri Casey, 1893
Ochthebius (Ochthebius) marinus Paykull, 1798
Ocypus (Ocypus) olens Müller, 1764Cocktail
Ocypus (Pseudocypus) aeneocephalus De Geer, 1774Staph beetle
Ontholestes cingulatus Gravenhorst, 1802Gold and Brown Rove Beetle
Oropus striatus LeConte, 1874
Oxypoda lacustris Casey, 1906
Oxypoda regressa Casey, 1911
Oxytelus (Epomotylus) sculptus Gravenhorst, 1806Rove beetle
Oxytelus (Tanycraerus) laqueatus Marsham, 1802Rove beetle
Philonthus (Philonthus) carbonarius (Gravenhorst, 1802)⇒ Philonthus tenuicornis Mulsant & Rey, 1853
Philonthus (Philonthus) cognatus Stephens, 1832Staph beetle
Philonthus (Philonthus) cruentatus Gmelin, 1790Beetle
Philonthus (Philonthus) jurgans Tottenham, 1937Staph beetle
Philonthus (Philonthus) politus (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Philonthus concinnus Gravenhorst, 1802
Philonthus (Philonthus) rectangulus Sharp, 1874Rove beetle
Philonthus (Philonthus) sanguinolentus Gravenhorst, 1802Staph beetle
Philonthus (Philonthus) tenuicornis Mulsant & Rey, 1853
Philonthus (Philonthus) umbratilis Gravenhorst, 1802Staph beetle
Philonthus (Philonthus) varians (Paykull, 1789)⇒ Philonthus longicornis Stephens, 1832
Philonthus (Trionthus) boreas Smetana, 1995
Philonthus (Trionthus) caeruleipennis Mannerheim, 1830
Philonthus (Trionthus) furvus Nordmann, 1837
Philonthus (Trionthus) opacipennis Notman, 1919
Philonthus (Trionthus) quadricollis Horn, 1884
Phlaeopterus cavicollis Fauvel, 1878
Phlaeopterus fusconiger Motschulsky, 1853
Phlaeopterus houkae Hatch, 1957
Phlaeopterus occidentalis Mullen & Cam..., 2018
Plegaderus (Plegaderus) nitidus Horn, 1870
Ptenidium (Ptenidium) pusillum Gyllenhal, 1808Tiny feather-winged beetle
Quedius (Microsaurus) fulgidus (Fabricius, 1792)⇒ Quedius assimilis Nordmann, 1837
Quedius (Raphirus) fellmani Zetterstedt, 1838Staph beetle
Rugilus (Rugilus) orbiculatus Paykull, 1789
Saprinus (Saprinus) lugens Erichson, 1834Clown beetle
Scaphisoma commune Löbl, 1997
Sciodrepoides watsoni Spence, 1815Atlantic mackerel
Sepedophilus pumilus Sharp, 1874
Sepedophilus testaceus Fabricius, 1793Staph beetle
Sphaeridium bipustulatum (Fabricius, 1781)⇒ Nephus quadrimaculatus Herbst, 1783
Sphaeridium lunatum Fabricius, 1792Mougeot's amphidium moss
Sphaeridium scarabaeoides Linnaeus, 1758Water scavenger beetle
Sphaerites politus Mannerheim, 1846
Stenus (Nestus) morio Gravenhorst, 1806Rove beetle
Stenus (Stenus) juno Paykull, 1789Richard's macromitrium moss
Stenus (Stenus) laccophilus Casey, 1884
Stenus (Tesnus) noctivagus Casey, 1884
Stictalia brevicornis (Casey, 1906)⇒ Bolitochara nigrina Casey, 1885
Stictalia densicollis (Casey, 1906)⇒ Bolitochara densicollis Casey, 1906
Tachinus (Tachinus) maculicollis Mäklin, 1852
Tachinus (Tachinus) subterraneus Linnaeus, 1758Staph beetle
Tachinus rufipes Linnaeus, 1758Rove beetle
Tachyporus (Palporus) nitidulus Fabricius, 1781Staph Beetle
Tarphiota fucicola Mäklin, 1852
Tasgius (Tasgius) ater Gravenhorst, 1802Staph Beetle
Thanatophilus lapponicus Herbst, 1793Northern Carrion Beetle
Trigonurus dilaticollis VanDyke, 1934
Xantholinus (Xantholinus) linearis (Olivier, 1795)⇒ Neohypnus lineatus Wendeler, 1924
Xerosaprinus (Xerosaprinus) acilinea Marseul, 1862
Xylodromus concinnus (Marsham, 1802)⇒ Xylodromus brunneipennis Stephens, 1832

Subnodes of Staphyliniformia with occurrences in Vancouver Island
SuperfamilyHisteroidea
Gyllenhal, 1808
1
9
12
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyHydrophiloidea
Latreille, 1802
Histerids, Hydriphiloids, Hydrophilids, Water Scavenger and Clown Beetles
3
9
21
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyStaphylinoidea
Latreille, 1802
Carrion Beetles, Fungus Beetles, Rove Beetles, Staphylinid Beetles
6
60
100
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Staphyliniformia at itis.gov