AntsAntsArachnidsArachnids
BeesBeesBeetlesBeetles
BookliceBookliceBugsBugs
BumblebeesBumblebeesButterfliesButterflies
CicadasCicadasCrane fliesCrane flies
DragonfliesDragonfliesEarwigsEarwigs
FliesFliesIsopodsIsopods
LocustsLocustsMantisesMantises
MayfliesMayfliesMosquitoesMosquitoes
MyriapodsMyriapodsNet-wingedNet-winged
Plant-parasiticPlant-parasiticScorpion fliesScorpion flies
TermitesTermitesWaspsWasps
INSECTOIDGERENGDARK LIGHT
Home Arthropoda Imprint Contact
TAXFAMGENSPESUB
Checklist for Superfamily Staphylinoidea Latreille, 1802 (Carrion Beetles)
and region Afrotropical (Ecozones)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
223
6838
56840
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
223
6838
56840
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
209
6733
56403
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
185
6591
56071
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
22
1596
21098
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
21
1236
15677
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Staphyliniformia
Lameere, 1900
5
49
94
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Staphylinoidea
Latreille, 1802
Carrion Beetles, Fungus Beetles, Rove Beetles
3
32
66
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Afrotropical
3 Families width 66 Species and 6 Subspecies
Staphylinidae Lameere, 1900Rove beetles64SpeciesTaxom
Ptiliidae Heer, 1843Feather-wing beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Silphidae Latreille, 1807Burying And Carrion Beetles1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Afrotropical
32 Genera with 66 Species
#ACDEGMOPST
Acrotona C.G. Thomson, 18301SpeciesTaxom
Acrotrichis Motschulsky, 18441SpeciesTaxom
Aleochara Gravenhorst, 18596SpeciesTaxom
Anaulacaspis Ganglbauer, 18391SpeciesTaxom
Anotylus Thomson, 18593SpeciesTaxom
Astenus Stephens, 18752SpeciesTaxom
Atheta Thomson, 1810Vexing Rove Beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Carpelimus Kirby, 18583SpeciesTaxom
Cilea Jacquelin du..., 17671SpeciesTaxom
Clavilispinus Bernhauer, 18401SpeciesTaxom
Ctenisomorphus Raffray, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Ctenistes Reichenbach, 19431SpeciesTaxom
Dalotia Casey, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Edaphus LeConte, 18851SpeciesTaxom
Eleusis Laporte, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Euplectus Leach, 19221SpeciesTaxom
Gyronotus Cameron, 201312SpeciesTaxom
Monocrypta Casey, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Oligota Mannerheim, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Oxytelus Gravenhorst, 18592SpeciesTaxom
Paederus Fabricius, 18407SpeciesTaxom
Philonthus Stephens, 19625SpeciesTaxom
Procirrus Latreille, 19342SpeciesTaxom
Pseudolathra Casey, 18481SpeciesTaxom
Pseudomedon Mulsant & Rey, 18371SpeciesTaxom
Scopaeus Erichson, 18583SpeciesTaxom
Stenus Latreille, 19203SpeciesTaxom
Sunius Stephens, 18781SpeciesTaxom
Syrbatus Reitter, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Thanatophilus Leach, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Throbalium Mulsant & Rey, 19341SpeciesTaxom
Trissemus Jeannel, 19563SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Afrotropical
66 Species and 6 Subspecies
Acrotona (Acrotona) parvula Mannerheim, 1830Staph beetle
Acrotrichis (Acrotrichis) cephalotes Allibert, 1844
Aleochara (Heterochara) clavicornis Redtenbacher, 1849
Aleochara (Xenochara) puberula Klug, 1834Rove beetle
Aleochara (Xenochara) tristis (Gravenhorst, 1806)⇒ Aleochara moesta Gravenhorst, 1802
Aleochara denticulata Motschulsky, 1858
Aleochara keiseri Scheerpeltz, 1961
Aleochara trivialis Kraatz, 1859
Anaulacaspis naevula Erichson, 1839
Anotylus (Oxytelops) latiusculus Kraatz, 1859
Anotylus latiusculus latiusculus Kraatz, 1859
Anotylus micans Kraatz, 1859
Astenus (Astenopleuritus) melanurus (Townsend, 1948)⇒ Astenus pulchellus Heer, 1839
Astenus microthorax Fauvel, 1875
Atheta (Atheta) atramentaria Gyllenhal, 1810
Carpelimus (Troginus) atomus Coiffait, 1979
Carpelimus (Troginus) exiguus Erichson, 1839
Carpelimus insularis Kraatz, 1858
Cilea silphoides Linnaeus, 1767Staph beetle
Clavilispinus exiguus Erichson, 1840Rove beetle
Ctenisomorphus garamanticus Peyerimhoff, 1929
Ctenistes lepineyi Peyerimhoff, 1943
Dalotia coriaria Kraatz, 1856Greenhouse Rove Beetle
Edaphus africanus Eppelsheim, 1885
Eleusis alutella Fauvel, 1903
Euplectus alfierii Pic, 1922
Gyronotus carinatus Felsche, 1911
Gyronotus dispar Felsche, 1911
Gyronotus dracomontanus Deschodt & D..., 2019
Gyronotus fimetarius Kolbe, 1894
Gyronotus glabrosus Scholtz & Ho..., 1987
Gyronotus kearneyorum Deschodt & D..., 2019
Gyronotus marginatus (Péringuey, 1888)⇒ Gyronotus pumilus Boheman, 1857
Gyronotus mulanjensis Davis & Scho..., 1999
Gyronotus ovalis Deschodt & D..., 2019
Gyronotus perissinottoi Moretto, 2013
Gyronotus pumilus Boheman, 1857
Gyronotus schuelei Moretto, 2013
Monocrypta abdominalis Motschulsky, 1858
Oligota (Oligota) parva Kraatz, 1862Rove beetle
Oxytelus (Oxytelus) piceus Linnaeus, 1767
Oxytelus puncticeps Kraatz, 1859
Paederus (Heteropaederus) fuscipes Curtis, 1826
Paederus fuscipes fuscipes Curtis, 1826
Paederus alfierii Koch, 1934
Paederus eximius brittoni Fagel, 1958
Paederus eximius eximius
Paederus extraneus Wiedemann, 1825
Paederus sabaeus Erichson, 1840Kenya fly
Philonthus (Philonthus) quisquiliarius Gyllenhal, 1810Staph beetle
Philonthus (Philonthus) varians (Paykull, 1789)⇒ Philonthus longicornis Stephens, 1832
Philonthus varians varians
Philonthus (Philonthus) ventralis Gravenhorst, 1802Nit-bearing lip fern
Philonthus dichrous Tottenham, 1962
Procirrus (Procirrus) lefebvrei Latreille, 1829
Procirrus lefebvrei macrops Koch, 1934
Pseudolathra caffra Boheman, 1848
Pseudomedon (Pseudomedon) obsoletus Nordmann, 1837Staph beetle
Scopaeus filiformis Wollaston, 1867
Scopaeus subfasciatus Kraatz, 1859
Scopaeus velutinus Motschulsky, 1858
Stenus (Hypostenus) rorellus Fauvel, 1907
Stenus (Tesnus) obconicus Fauvel, 1904
Stenus (Tesnus) reticulatus L. Benick, 1920
Sunius (Sunius) ovaliceps Fauvel, 1878
Syrbatus mashuna Raffray, 1897
Thanatophilus micans Fabricius, 1794
Throbalium torretassoi Koch, 1934
Trissemus aegyptiacus Motschulsky, 1851
Trissemus brittoni Jeannel, 1951
Trissemus tetuanicus Jeannel, 1956

Subnodes of Staphylinoidea with occurrences in Afrotropical
FamilyPtiliidae
Heer, 1843
Feather-wing beetles, Feather-winged beetles, Featherwing beetles, Featherwinged Beetles, Horseshoe crab beetles
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilySilphidae
Latreille, 1807
Burying And Carrion Beetles, Burying beetles, Carrion Beetle, Carrion beetles, Large carrion beetles, Sexton beetles
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyStaphylinidae
Lameere, 1900
Rove beetles, Short-winged mold beetles, Staphs
30
64
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Staphylinoidea at artfakta.se
Staphylinoidea at dyntaxa.se
Staphylinoidea at itis.gov