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Checklist for Superfamily Staphylinoidea Latreille, 1802 (Carrion Beetles)
and region Benelux (West Europe)


Class
 		Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects		704
10060
34018		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 		Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects		701
10048
34000		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 		Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects		647
9800
33419		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 		Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects		414
8082
29172		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Order
 		Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans		111
2717
9943		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 		Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags		101
2460
8688		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 		Staphyliniformia
Lameere, 1900
11
541
2582		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 		Staphylinoidea
Latreille, 1802
Carrion Beetles, Fungus Beetles, Rove Beetles		7
431
1984		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 


List of families for Benelux
7 Families width 1984 Species and 104 Subspecies
Agyrtidae Thomson, 1859Primitive carrion beetles2SpeciesTaxom
Hydraenidae Mulsant, 1844Cascade Beetles59SpeciesTaxom
Leiodidae Fleming, 1821Round fungus beetles146SpeciesTaxom
Ptiliidae Heer, 1843Feather-wing beetles89SpeciesTaxom
Scydmaenidae (Leach, 1815)Ant-like stone beetles50SpeciesTaxom
Silphidae Latreille, 1807Burying And Carrion Beetles54SpeciesTaxom
Staphylinidae Lameere, 1900Rove beetles1584SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Staphylinoidea with occurrences in Benelux
FamilyAgyrtidae
Thomson, 1859
Primitive carrion beetles		1
2		Genus
Species
Taxom

FamilyHydraenidae
Mulsant, 1844
Cascade Beetles, Hydraenid beetles, minute moss beetle, Minute moss beetles		9
59		Genera
Species
Taxom

FamilyLeiodidae
Fleming, 1821
Round fungus beetles		29
146		Genera
Species
Taxom

FamilyPtiliidae
Heer, 1843
Feather-wing beetles, Feather-winged beetles, Featherwing beetles, Featherwinged Beetles, Horseshoe crab beetles		21
89		Genera
Species
Taxom

FamilyScydmaenidae
Leach, 1815
Ant-like stone beetles, Scydmaenines		12
50		Genera
Species
Taxom

FamilySilphidae
Latreille, 1807
Burying And Carrion Beetles, Burying beetles, Carrion Beetle, Carrion beetles, Large carrion beetles, Sexton beetles		13
54		Genera
Species
Taxom

FamilyStaphylinidae
Lameere, 1900
Rove beetles, Short-winged mold beetles, Staphs		346
1584		Genera
Species
Taxom



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