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Checklist for Superfamily Staphylinoidea Latreille, 1802 (Carrion Beetles)
and region Cape (Republic South Africa)


Class
 		Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects		630
8507
21838		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 		Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects		628
8495
21797		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 		Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects		600
8347
21509		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 		Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects		384
6839
18665		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Order
 		Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans		98
2243
6022		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 		Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags		85
1986
5309		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 		Staphyliniformia
Lameere, 1900
10
238
556		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 		Staphylinoidea
Latreille, 1802
Carrion Beetles, Fungus Beetles, Rove Beetles		6
187
440		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 


List of families for Cape
6 Families width 440 Species and 1 Subspecies
Hydraenidae Mulsant, 1844Cascade Beetles147SpeciesTaxom
Leiodidae Fleming, 1821Round fungus beetles10SpeciesTaxom
Ptiliidae Heer, 1843Feather-wing beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Scydmaenidae (Leach, 1815)Ant-like stone beetles17SpeciesTaxom
Silphidae Latreille, 1807Burying And Carrion Beetles7SpeciesTaxom
Staphylinidae Lameere, 1900Rove beetles258SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Staphylinoidea with occurrences in Cape
FamilyHydraenidae
Mulsant, 1844
Cascade Beetles, Hydraenid beetles, minute moss beetle, Minute moss beetles		15
147		Genera
Species
Taxom

FamilyLeiodidae
Fleming, 1821
Round fungus beetles		7
10		Genera
Species
Taxom

FamilyPtiliidae
Heer, 1843
Feather-wing beetles, Feather-winged beetles, Featherwing beetles, Featherwinged Beetles, Horseshoe crab beetles		4
1		Genera
Species
Taxom

FamilyScydmaenidae
Leach, 1815
Ant-like stone beetles, Scydmaenines		8
17		Genera
Species
Taxom

FamilySilphidae
Latreille, 1807
Burying And Carrion Beetles, Burying beetles, Carrion Beetle, Carrion beetles, Large carrion beetles, Sexton beetles		4
7		Genera
Species
Taxom

FamilyStaphylinidae
Lameere, 1900
Rove beetles, Short-winged mold beetles, Staphs		149
258		Genera
Species
Taxom



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