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Checklist for Superfamily Staphylinoidea Latreille, 1802 (Carrion Beetles)
and region Central Ontario (Southern Ontario, Ontario, Canada)


Class
 		Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects		466
3890
7183		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 		Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects		465
3889
7182		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 		Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects		441
3790
6958		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 		Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects		308
3221
6084		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Order
 		Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans		83
875
1665		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 		Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags		77
754
1263		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 		Staphyliniformia
Lameere, 1900
8
159
316		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 		Staphylinoidea
Latreille, 1802
Carrion Beetles, Fungus Beetles, Rove Beetles		5
112
198		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 


List of families for Central Ontario
5 Families width 198 Species
Staphylinidae (Lameere, 1900)Rove beetles156SpeciesTaxom
Ptiliidae Heer, 1843Feather-wing beetles4SpeciesTaxom
Leiodidae Fleming, 1821Round fungus beetles21SpeciesTaxom
Scydmaenidae Leach, 1815Ant-like stone beetles2SpeciesTaxom
Silphidae Latreille, 1807Burying And Carrion Beetles15SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Central Ontario
112 Genera with 198 Species
#ABCDEGHILMNOPQRSTX
Acidota Stephens, 17921SpeciesTaxom
Acrotona C.G. Thomson, 1859
0SpeciesTaxom
Acrotrichis Motschulsky, 18413SpeciesTaxom
Aleochara Gravenhorst, 18022SpeciesTaxom
Aloconota Thomson, 18321SpeciesTaxom
Amarochara Thomson, 20021SpeciesTaxom
Amischa Thomson, 18692SpeciesTaxom
Anisotoma Panzer, 18801SpeciesTaxom
Anogdus LeConte, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Anotylus Thomson, 17992SpeciesTaxom
Apocellus Erichson, 18311SpeciesTaxom
Atanygnathus Jacobson, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Atheta Thomson, 1990Vexing Rove Beetles8SpeciesTaxom
Baeocera Erichson, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Belonuchus Bordmann, 18011SpeciesTaxom
Bisnius Stephens, 18023SpeciesTaxom
Bolitobius Samouelle, 18301SpeciesTaxom
Brachygluta C.G. Thomson, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Carphacis des Gozis, 19122SpeciesTaxom
Catops Paykull, 18256SpeciesTaxom
Colenis Erichson, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Colon Herbst, 18801SpeciesTaxom
Conoplectus Brendel, 18491SpeciesTaxom
Coproporus Kraatz, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Crataraea Thomson, 1830Rove beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Creophilus Samouelle, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Deleaster Erichson, 18021SpeciesTaxom
Dianous Samouelle, 18631SpeciesTaxom
Dinaraea Thomson, 18101SpeciesTaxom
Dinothenarus C.G. Thomson, 18632SpeciesTaxom
Dissochaetus Reitter, 1884
0SpeciesTaxom
Elacatophora Schaufuss, 20041SpeciesTaxom
Eleusis Laporte, 18631SpeciesTaxom
Erichsonius Fauvel, 19751SpeciesTaxom
Euaesthetus Gravenhorst, 1806
0SpeciesTaxom
Eumicrota Casey, 18392SpeciesTaxom
Euplectus Leach, 18161SpeciesTaxom
Euvira Sharp, 20071SpeciesTaxom
Gabrius Stephens, 19956SpeciesTaxom
Gabronthus Tottenham, 18501SpeciesTaxom
Gyrohypnus Samouelle, 17761SpeciesTaxom
Gyrophaena Mannerheim, 19064SpeciesTaxom
Habrocerus Erichson, 18772SpeciesTaxom
Halobrecta Thomson, 18611SpeciesTaxom
Hesperus Fauvel, 18952SpeciesTaxom
Heterosilpha Portevin, 18231SpeciesTaxom
Homalota Mannerheim, 18101SpeciesTaxom
Hydnobius Schmidt, 18631SpeciesTaxom
Ilyobates Kraatz, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Ischnosoma Stephens, 18061SpeciesTaxom
Leiodes Latreille, 19932SpeciesTaxom
Leptacinus Erichson, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Leptinillus Horn, 18721SpeciesTaxom
Leptusa Kraatz, 18934SpeciesTaxom
Lionothus Brown, 19881SpeciesTaxom
Lithocharis Dejean, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Lithocharodes Sharp, 18631SpeciesTaxom
Lordithon C.G. Thomson, 19824SpeciesTaxom
Megarthrus Curtis, 18631SpeciesTaxom
Meronera Sharp, 18391SpeciesTaxom
Micridium Motschulsky, 1869
0SpeciesTaxom
Mocyta Mulsant & Rey, 18932SpeciesTaxom
Mycetoporus Mannerheim, 18321SpeciesTaxom
Myllaena Erichson, 1837
0SpeciesTaxom
Myrmedonota Cameron, 20081SpeciesTaxom
Necrodes Leach, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Necrophila Kirby & Spence, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Nemadus Thomson, 18631SpeciesTaxom
Neobisnius Ganglbauer, 18332SpeciesTaxom
Neohypnus Coiffait & Saiz, 18021SpeciesTaxom
Nicrophorus Fabricius, 1783Burying Beetle9SpeciesTaxom
Nisaxis Casey, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Nudobius C.G. Thomson, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Ocypus Leach, 17641SpeciesTaxom
Oiceoptoma Leach, 17712SpeciesTaxom
Olisthaerus Dejean, 18281SpeciesTaxom
Omalium Gravenhorst, 17891SpeciesTaxom
Ontholestes Ganglbauer, 18021SpeciesTaxom
Oxypoda Mannerheim, 1830
0SpeciesTaxom
Oxyporus Bourdot & Ga..., 18021SpeciesTaxom
Oxytelus Gravenhorst, 18021SpeciesTaxom
Philonthus Stephens, 180216SpeciesTaxom
Placusa Erichson, 19112SpeciesTaxom
Platydracus Thomson, 18025SpeciesTaxom
Prionochaeta Horn, 18251SpeciesTaxom
Proteinus Latreille, 18401SpeciesTaxom
Ptenidium Erichson, 18081SpeciesTaxom
Ptiliola Haldeman, 1848
0SpeciesTaxom
Ptomaphagus Illiger, 18452SpeciesTaxom
Quedius Stephens, 18526SpeciesTaxom
Rugilus Samouelle, 18362SpeciesTaxom
Rybaxis Saulcy, 1876
0SpeciesTaxom
Scaphisoma Leach, 18932SpeciesTaxom
Sciodrepoides Hatch, 18152SpeciesTaxom
Scydmoraphes Reitter, 18451SpeciesTaxom
Sepedophilus Gistel, 1793Rove beetles4SpeciesTaxom
Silusa Erichson, 18371SpeciesTaxom
Silusida Casey, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Stenichnus Thomson, 1859
0SpeciesTaxom
Stenistoderus Jacquelin du..., 18801SpeciesTaxom
Stenus Latreille, 18744SpeciesTaxom
Stethusa Casey, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Strigota Casey, 20121SpeciesTaxom
Tachinus Gravenhorst, 17584SpeciesTaxom
Tachyporus Gravenhorst, 17588SpeciesTaxom
Tasgius Stephens, 18023SpeciesTaxom
Tectusa Bernhauer, 1899
0SpeciesTaxom
Thanatophilus Leach, 17931SpeciesTaxom
Toxidium LeConte, 1860
0SpeciesTaxom
Tunicopterus Tikhomirova, 19681SpeciesTaxom
Xantholinus Dejean, 17951SpeciesTaxom
Xylodromus Heer, 18021SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Central Ontario
198 Species
Acidota crenata Fabricius, 1792Staph Beetle
Acrotrichis (Acrotrichis) cognata Matthews, 1877Featherwing beetle
Acrotrichis (Acrotrichis) intermedia Gillmeister, 1845
Acrotrichis (Acrotrichis) sericans Heer, 1841Silky feather-winged beetle
Aleochara (Aleochara) curtula Goeze, 1777Rove beetle
Aleochara (Xenochara) fumata Gravenhorst, 1802Fairy swords
Aloconota (Aloconota) sulcifrons Stephens, 1832Rove beetle
Amarochara brevios Assing, 2002
Amischa (Amischa) analis Gravenhorst, 1802Rove beetle
Amischa (Amischa) decipiens Sharp, 1869
Anisotoma blanchardi Horn, 1880
Anogdus dissimilis Blatchley, 1916
Anotylus (Oxytelops) rugosus Fabricius, 1775Rove beetle
Anotylus (Oxytelops) tetracarinatus Block, 1799Rove beetle
Apocellus sphaericollis Say, 1831
Atanygnathus bicolor (Casey, 1915)⇒ Atanygnathus leai Scheerpeltz, 1933
Atheta (Atheta) graminicola Gravenhorst, 1806
Atheta (Datomicra) dadopora Thomson, 1867Rove beetle
Atheta (Dimetrota) pseudocrenuliventris Klimaszewski, 2005
Atheta (Philhygra) palustris (Kiesenwetter, 1844)⇒ Philhygra palustris Kiesenwetter, 1844
Atheta frosti Bernhauer, 1909
Atheta hampshirensis Bernhauer, 1909
Atheta particula Casey, 1910
Atheta prudhoensis Lohse, 1990
Baeocera picea Casey, 1893
Belonuchus rufipennis Fabricius, 1801Large rove beetle
Bisnius blandus Gravenhorst, 1806
Bisnius quediinus Horn, 1884
Bisnius sordidus Gravenhorst, 1802Staph beetle
Bolitobius cingulatus Mannerheim, 1830Rove beetle
Brachygluta abdominalis Aubé, 1833
Carphacis effrenatus Herman, 2001
Carphacis nepigonensis Bernhauer, 1912
Catops alpinus Gyllenhal, 1827
Catops egenus Horn, 1880
Catops luridipennis (Mannerheim, 1853)⇒ Catops simplex Say, 1825
Catops luteipes Thomson, 1884Blue mackerel
Catops paramericanus Peck and Cook, 2002Altantic chub mackerel
Catops simplex Say, 1825Small Scavenger Beetle
Colenis (Colenis) impunctata LeConte, 1853
Colon (Myloechus) hubbardi Horn, 1880
Conoplectus canaliculatus LeConte, 1849
Coproporus ventriculus Say, 1834
Crataraea suturalis Mannerheim, 1830Rove beetle
Creophilus maxillosus Linnaeus, 1758Carrion Beetle
Deleaster dichrous Gravenhorst, 1802Rove beetle
Dianous chalybaeus LeConte, 1863
Dinaraea angustula Gyllenhal, 1810Staphylinid beetle
Dinothenarus (Dinothenarus) capitatus Bland, 1864
Dinothenarus (Parabemus) badipes LeConte, 1863
Elacatophora apion Jaloszynski, 2004
Eleusis pallida LeConte, 1863
Erichsonius brachycephalus Frank, 1975
Eumicrota corruscula Erichson, 1839
Eumicrota socia Erichson, 1839
Euplectus (Euplectus) karstenii Reichenbach, 1816Rove beetle
Euvira micmac Klimaszewski..., 2007
Gabrius amulius Smetana, 1995
Gabrius appendiculatus (Sharp, 1910)⇒ Gabrius subnigritulus Joy, 1913
Gabrius astutoides A. Strand, 1946Rove beetle
Gabrius fallaciosus Horn, 1884
Gabrius microphthalmus Horn, 1884
Gabrius ulpius Smetana, 1995
Gabronthus thermarum Aubé, 1850Staph beetle
Gyrohypnus (Gyrohypnus) fracticornis O. F. Müller, 1776Staph beetle
Gyrophaena compacta Casey, 1906
Gyrophaena criddlei Casey, 1911
Gyrophaena flavicornis Melsheimer, 1844Cooper's wild cabbage
Gyrophaena uteana Casey, 1906
Habrocerus capillaricornis Gravenhorst, 1806Staph beetle
Habrocerus schwarzi Horn, 1877
Halobrecta flavipes Thomson, 1861
Hesperus apicialis Say, 1830
Hesperus trimerus Fauvel, 1895
Heterosilpha ramosa Say, 1823Garden Carrion Beetle
Homalota plana Gyllenhal, 1810Rove beetle
Hydnobius substriatus LeConte, 1863
Ilyobates bennetti Donisthorpe, 1914Rove beetle
Ischnosoma splendidum Gravenhorst, 1806Staph beetle
Leiodes impressa Baranowski, 1993Longtail tuna
Leiodes pygmaea Baranowski, 1993Longtail tuna
Leptacinus pusillus Stephens, 1833Staph beetle
Leptinillus validus Horn, 1872Beaver Nest Beetle
Leptusa (Adoxopisalia) elegans Blatchley, 1910
Leptusa (Adoxopisalia) opaca Casey, 1893
Leptusa (Boreoleptusa) canonica Casey, 1906
Leptusa (Eucryptusa) brevicollis Casey, 1893
Lionothus forticornis Daffner, 1988
Lithocharis nigriceps Kraatz, 1859Staphylinid beetle
Lithocharodes longicollis LeConte, 1863
Lordithon anticus Horn, 1877
Lordithon cinctus Gravenhorst, 1802Girdled Lordithon
Lordithon facilis Casey, 1884
Lordithon fungicola Campbell, 1982
Megarthrus excisus LeConte, 1863
Meronera venustula Erichson, 1839
Mocyta fungi Gravenhorst, 1806Rove beetle
Mocyta scopula Casey, 1893
Mycetoporus (Mycetoporus) clavicornis Stephens, 1832
Myrmedonota aidani Maruyama & K..., 2008
Necrodes surinamensis Fabricius, 1775Red-lined Carrion Beetle
Necrophila americana Linnaeus, 1758American Carrion Beetle
Nemadus (Laferius) brachyderus LeConte, 1863
Neobisnius jucundus Horn, 1884
Neobisnius villosulus Stephens, 1833Staph beetle
Neohypnus emmesus Gravenhorst, 1802
Nicrophorus defodiens Mannerheim, 1846
Nicrophorus hebes (Kirby, 1837)⇒ Nicrophorus vespilloides Herbst, 1783
Nicrophorus investigator ♰ Zetterstedt, 1824Banded Sexton Beetle
Nicrophorus obscurus Kirby, 1837
Nicrophorus orbicollis Say, 1825Roundneck Sexton Beetle
Nicrophorus pustulatus Herschel, 1807Pustulated Carrion Beetle
Nicrophorus sayi Laporte, 1840Say'S Burying Beetle
Nicrophorus tomentosus Weber, 1801Gold-necked carrion beetle
Nicrophorus vespilloides Herbst, 1783Boreal Carrion Beetle
Nisaxis tomentosa Aubé, 1833
Nudobius cephalus Say, 1834
Ocypus (Ocypus) olens Müller, 1764Cocktail
Oiceoptoma inaequale Fabricius, 1781Ridged Carrion Beetle
Oiceoptoma noveboracense Forster, 1771Margined Carrion Beetle
Olisthaerus megacephalus Zetterstedt, 1828Staph beetle
Omalium rivulare Paykull, 1789Ocillate rove beetle
Ontholestes cingulatus Gravenhorst, 1802Gold and Brown Rove Beetle
Oxyporus (Oxyporus) vittatus Gravenhorst, 1802
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) debilis Gravenhorst, 1802Staph beetle
Philonthus (Philonthus) longicornis Stephens, 1832Gumtree
Philonthus (Philonthus) politus (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Philonthus concinnus Gravenhorst, 1802
Philonthus (Philonthus) rectangulus Sharp, 1874Rove beetle
Philonthus (Philonthus) sanguinolentus Gravenhorst, 1802Staph beetle
Philonthus (Philonthus) varians (Paykull, 1789)⇒ Philonthus longicornis Stephens, 1832
Philonthus (Trionthus) busiris Smetana, 1995
Philonthus (Trionthus) caeruleipennis Mannerheim, 1830
Philonthus (Trionthus) clambus Tottenham, 1949
Philonthus (Trionthus) flavibasis Casey, 1915
Philonthus (Trionthus) monaeses Smetana, 1995
Philonthus (Trionthus) quadricollis Horn, 1884
Philonthus (Trionthus) sericans Gravenhorst, 1802
Placusa (Placusa) incompleta Sjöberg, 1934Rove beetle
Placusa vaga Casey, 1911
Platydracus cinnamopterus Gravenhorst, 1802Cinnamon Rove Beetle
Platydracus fossator Gravenhorst, 1802Red-spotted Rove Beetle
Platydracus immaculatus Mannerheim, 1830Immaculate Rove Beetle
Platydracus maculosus Gravenhorst, 1802Brown Rove Beetle
Platydracus violaceus Gravenhorst, 1802
Prionochaeta opaca Say, 1825Small Carrion Beetle
Proteinus atomarius Erichson, 1840Staph beetle
Ptenidium (Ptenidium) pusillum Gyllenhal, 1808Tiny feather-winged beetle
Ptomaphagus (Adelops) consobrinus LeConte, 1853
Ptomaphagus (Ptomaphagus) sericatus (Chaudoir, 1845)⇒ Ptomaphagus tenuicornis tenuicornis Rosenhauer, 1856
Quedius (Distichalius) cinctus Paykull, 1790Large rove beetle
Quedius (Microsaurus) cruentus Olivier, 1795Rove beetle
Quedius (Microsaurus) mesomelinus Marsham, 1802Staph beetle
Quedius (Quedius) curtipennis Bernhauer, 1908Large rove beetle
Quedius (Raphirus) canadensis Casey, 1915
Quedius (Raphirus) erythrogaster Mannerheim, 1852
Rugilus (Rugilus) orbiculatus Paykull, 1789
Rugilus (Rugilus) rufipes Germar, 1836Staph beetle
Scaphisoma americanum Löbl, 1987
Scaphisoma rubens Casey, 1893
Sciodrepoides fumatus Spence, 1815
Sciodrepoides watsoni Spence, 1815Atlantic mackerel
Scydmoraphes minutus (Chaudoir, 1845)⇒ Scydmoraphes helvolus Schaum, 1844
Sepedophilus cinctulus Erichson, 1839
Sepedophilus crassus Gravenhorst, 1802
Sepedophilus marshami Stephens, 1832Staph beetle
Sepedophilus testaceus Fabricius, 1793Staph beetle
Silusa alternans Erichson, 1837
Silusida marginella Casey, 1893
Stenistoderus rubripennis LeConte, 1880
Stenus (Hypostenus) flavicornis Erichson, 1840
Stenus (Stenus) comma LeConte, 1863
Stenus (Stenus) juno Paykull, 1789Richard's macromitrium moss
Stenus cicindela Sharp, 1874
Stethusa spuriella Casey, 1910
Strigota obscurata Klimaszewski..., 2012
Tachinus (Drymoporus) elongatus Gyllenhal, 1810Staph beetle
Tachinus (Tachinus) corticinus Gravenhorst, 1802Staph beetle
Tachinus (Tachinus) fimbriatus Gravenhorst, 1802
Tachinus rufipes Linnaeus, 1758Rove beetle
Tachyporus (Palporus) nitidulus Fabricius, 1781Staph Beetle
Tachyporus (Tachyporus) browni Campbell, 1979
Tachyporus (Tachyporus) canadensis Campbell, 1979
Tachyporus (Tachyporus) dispar Paykull, 1789Staph beetle
Tachyporus (Tachyporus) elegans Horn, 1877
Tachyporus (Tachyporus) jocosus Say, 1834
Tachyporus atriceps Stephens, 1832
Tachyporus chrysomelinus Linnaeus, 1758Staph Beetle
Tasgius (Rayacheila) globulifer (Geoffroy, 1785)⇒ Tasgius melanarius Heer, 1839
Tasgius (Rayacheila) melanarius Heer, 1839Rove beetle
Tasgius (Tasgius) ater Gravenhorst, 1802Staph Beetle
Thanatophilus lapponicus Herbst, 1793Northern Carrion Beetle
Tunicopterus sigara ♰ Tikhomirova, 1968
Xantholinus (Xantholinus) linearis (Olivier, 1795)⇒ Neohypnus lineatus Wendeler, 1924
Xylodromus concinnus (Marsham, 1802)⇒ Xylodromus brunneipennis Stephens, 1832

Subnodes of Staphylinoidea with occurrences in Central Ontario
FamilyLeiodidae
Fleming, 1821
Round fungus beetles		14
21		Genera
Species
Taxom

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

FamilyScydmaenidae
Leach, 1815
Ant-like stone beetles, Scydmaenines		3
2		Genera
Species
Taxom

FamilySilphidae
Latreille, 1807
Burying And Carrion Beetles, Burying beetles, Carrion Beetle, Carrion beetles, Large carrion beetles, Sexton beetles		6
15		Genera
Species
Taxom

FamilyStaphylinidae
Lameere, 1900
Rove beetles, Short-winged mold beetles, Staphs		85
156		Genera
Species
Taxom



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