Checklist of Superfamily Staphylinoidea Latreille, 1802 (Carrion Beetles)
for Cape Peninsula (Western Cape)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 205
811
1082 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 205
811
1082 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 202
808
1079 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 143
673
918 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 43
256
381 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 40
227
336 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Staphyliniformia
Lameere, 1900
| 6
19
20 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Staphylinoidea
Latreille, 1802
Carrion Beetles, Fungus Beetles, Rove Beetles | 4
13
14 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Cape Peninsula
4 Families width 14 Species
Genera for Cape Peninsula
13 Genera with 14 Species | Aleochara Gravenhorst, 1761 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dalotia Casey, 1856 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Laphidioderus Raffray, 1887 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mastigus Latreille, 1787 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Ochthebius Leach, 2011 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Omaliopsis Jeannel, 1904 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pareiobledius Blackwelder, 1934 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Prosthetops Waterhouse, 1851 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pterosthetops Perkins, 1994 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Staphylinus Linnaeus, 0 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Stenus Latreille, 1874 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Thanatophilus Leach, 1794 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Xantholinus Dejean, 1821 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Cape Peninsula
14 Species | Aleochara (Coprochara) bipustulata Linnaeus, 1761 | | | Dalotia coriaria Kraatz, 1856 | Greenhouse Rove Beetle | | Laphidioderus capensis Raffray, 1887 | | | Mastigus spinicornis Fabricius, 1787 | | | Ochthebius involatus Perkins, 2011 | | | Omaliopsis arenaria Bernhauer, 1904 | | | Pareiobledius alutellus Bernhauer, 1934 | | | Prosthetops megacephalus Boheman, 1851 | | | Pterosthetops equestrius Perkins & Ba..., 1994 | | | Staphylinus tottus | | | Staphylinus undatus | | | Stenus capensis Puthz, 1971 | | | Stenus cicindela Sharp, 1874 | | | Thanatophilus micans Fabricius, 1794 | |
Subnodes of Staphylinoidea with occurrences in Cape Peninsula | Family | Hydraenidae
Mulsant, 1844
Cascade Beetles, Hydraenid beetles, minute moss beetle, Minute moss beetles | 3
3 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Scydmaenidae
Leach, 1815
Ant-like stone beetles, Scydmaenines | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Silphidae
Latreille, 1807
Burying And Carrion Beetles, Burying beetles, Carrion Beetle, Carrion beetles, Large carrion beetles, Sexton beetles | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Staphylinidae
Lameere, 1900
Rove beetles, Short-winged mold beetles, Staphs | 8
9 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
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