Checklist of Superfamily Staphylinoidea Latreille, 1802 (Carrion Beetles)
for Comoro Islands (Indian Ocean islands)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 256
1629
3292 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 255
1627
3289 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 243
1589
3218 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 161
1355
2882 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 38
465
1057 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 35
422
982 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Staphyliniformia
Lameere, 1900
| 9
210
649 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Staphylinoidea
Latreille, 1802
Carrion Beetles, Fungus Beetles, Rove Beetles | 7
165
550 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Comoro Islands
7 Families width 550 Species and 31 Subspecies
Subnodes of Staphylinoidea with occurrences in Comoro Islands | Family | Agyrtidae
Thomson, 1859
Primitive carrion beetles | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Hydraenidae
Mulsant, 1844
Cascade Beetles, Hydraenid beetles, minute moss beetle, Minute moss beetles | 3
16 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Leiodidae
Fleming, 1821
Round fungus beetles | 11
40 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Ptiliidae
Heer, 1843
Feather-wing beetles, Feather-winged beetles, Featherwing beetles, Featherwinged Beetles, Horseshoe crab beetles | 6
10 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Scydmaenidae
Leach, 1815
Ant-like stone beetles, Scydmaenines | 8
23 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Silphidae
Latreille, 1807
Burying And Carrion Beetles, Burying beetles, Carrion Beetle, Carrion beetles, Large carrion beetles, Sexton beetles | 3
6 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Staphylinidae
Lameere, 1900
Rove beetles, Short-winged mold beetles, Staphs | 133
454 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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