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Checklist for Superfamily Staphylinoidea Latreille, 1802 (Carrion Beetles)
and region Elgin County (Southwestern Ontario, Ontario, Canada)


Class
 		Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects		364
2265
3389		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 		Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects		363
2263
3387		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 		Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects		344
2194
3250		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 		Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects		241
1835
2817		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Order
 		Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans		72
572
905		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 		Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags		67
494
719		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 		Staphyliniformia
Lameere, 1900
8
121
194		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 		Staphylinoidea
Latreille, 1802
Carrion Beetles, Fungus Beetles, Rove Beetles		5
87
137		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 


List of families for Elgin County
5 Families width 137 Species
Ptiliidae Heer, 1843Feather-wing beetles10SpeciesTaxom
Staphylinidae (Lameere, 1900)Rove beetles107SpeciesTaxom
Leiodidae (Fleming, 1821)Round fungus beetles3SpeciesTaxom
Scydmaenidae Leach, 1815Ant-like stone beetles4SpeciesTaxom
Silphidae Latreille, 1807Burying And Carrion Beetles13SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Elgin County
87 Genera with 137 Species
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Acrotrichis Motschulsky, 18445SpeciesTaxom
Acylophorus Nordmann, 1837
0SpeciesTaxom
Aleochara Gravenhorst, 18064SpeciesTaxom
Aloconota Thomson, 18321SpeciesTaxom
Amischa Thomson, 18692SpeciesTaxom
Anotylus Thomson, 17993SpeciesTaxom
Arrhenopeplus Koch, 18281SpeciesTaxom
Atheta Thomson, 1858
Vexing Rove Beetles0SpeciesTaxom
Bledius Samouelle, 17991SpeciesTaxom
Callicerus Gravenhorst, 18021SpeciesTaxom
Calodera Mannerheim, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Carpelimus Kirby, 18303SpeciesTaxom
Catops Paykull, 17921SpeciesTaxom
Cilea Jacquelin du..., 17671SpeciesTaxom
Colon Herbst, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Coprophilus Latreille, 17931SpeciesTaxom
Coproporus Kraatz, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Cordalia Jacobs, 1802Rove beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Crataraea Thomson, 1830Rove beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Creophilus Samouelle, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Dalmisus Sharp, 18861SpeciesTaxom
Deleaster Erichson, 18021SpeciesTaxom
Dinaraea Thomson, 18101SpeciesTaxom
Earota Mulsant and Rey, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Elacatophora Schaufuss, 20041SpeciesTaxom
Euplectus Leach, 18161SpeciesTaxom
Falagria Samouelle, 18371SpeciesTaxom
Gabrius Stephens, 18021SpeciesTaxom
Gyrohypnus Samouelle, 17762SpeciesTaxom
Gyrophaena Mannerheim, 18001SpeciesTaxom
Habrocerus Erichson, 18061SpeciesTaxom
Heterosilpha Portevin, 18231SpeciesTaxom
Heterothops Stephens, 18391SpeciesTaxom
Homalota Mannerheim, 18101SpeciesTaxom
Ischnosoma Stephens, 18061SpeciesTaxom
Lathrobium Gravenhorst, 17671SpeciesTaxom
Leptusa Kraatz, 19891SpeciesTaxom
Lithocharis Dejean, 18021SpeciesTaxom
Lobrathium Mulsant & Rey, 18401SpeciesTaxom
Lordithon C.G. Thomson, 18843SpeciesTaxom
Medon Stephens, 18302SpeciesTaxom
Meotica Mulsant and Rey, 18491SpeciesTaxom
Meronera Sharp, 18391SpeciesTaxom
Millidium Motschulsky, 18041SpeciesTaxom
Mocyta Mulsant & Rey, 18061SpeciesTaxom
Mycetoporus Mannerheim, 19912SpeciesTaxom
Necrodes Leach, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Necrophila Kirby & Spence, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Nehemitropia Lohse, 18301SpeciesTaxom
Nephanes Thomson, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Nicrophorus Fabricius, 1783Burying Beetle6SpeciesTaxom
Nudobius C.G. Thomson, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Ocypus Leach, 17641SpeciesTaxom
Oiceoptoma Leach, 17712SpeciesTaxom
Oligota Mannerheim, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Omalium Gravenhorst, 17891SpeciesTaxom
Ontholestes Ganglbauer, 18021SpeciesTaxom
Oxypoda Mannerheim, 19062SpeciesTaxom
Oxytelus Gravenhorst, 18022SpeciesTaxom
Paederus Fabricius, 1775
0SpeciesTaxom
Phanerota Casey, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Philonthus Stephens, 17587SpeciesTaxom
Phyllodrepa Thomson, 17891SpeciesTaxom
Placusa Erichson, 19341SpeciesTaxom
Platydracus Thomson, 18024SpeciesTaxom
Platystethus Mannerheim, 18781SpeciesTaxom
Porrhodites Kraatz, 18281SpeciesTaxom
Proteinus Latreille, 18401SpeciesTaxom
Ptenidium Erichson, 18692SpeciesTaxom
Ptiliola Haldeman, 1848
0SpeciesTaxom
Ptomaphagus Illiger, 18451SpeciesTaxom
Quedius Stephens, 18024SpeciesTaxom
Rugilus Samouelle, 18362SpeciesTaxom
Rybaxis Saulcy, 19271SpeciesTaxom
Scydmoraphes Reitter, 18451SpeciesTaxom
Sepedophilus Gistel, 1793Rove beetles4SpeciesTaxom
Smicrus Matthews, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Stenichnus Thomson, 18222SpeciesTaxom
Stenus Latreille, 18742SpeciesTaxom
Tachinus Gravenhorst, 17583SpeciesTaxom
Tachyporus Gravenhorst, 17586SpeciesTaxom
Tasgius Stephens, 18023SpeciesTaxom
Thanatophilus Leach, 18532SpeciesTaxom
Trichophya Mannerheim, 18101SpeciesTaxom
Tunicopterus Tikhomirova, 19681SpeciesTaxom
Xantholinus Dejean, 17951SpeciesTaxom
Xylodromus Heer, 18021SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Elgin County
137 Species
Acrotrichis (Acrotrichis) cognata Matthews, 1877Featherwing beetle
Acrotrichis (Acrotrichis) intermedia Gillmeister, 1845
Acrotrichis (Acrotrichis) sericans Heer, 1841Silky feather-winged beetle
Acrotrichis (Acrotrichis) thoracica Waltl, 1838
Acrotrichis (Ctenopteryx) grandicollis Mannerheim, 1844
Aleochara (Aleochara) curtula Goeze, 1777Rove beetle
Aleochara (Coprochara) bilineata Gyllenhal, 1810Rove beetle
Aleochara (Xenochara) lanuginosa Gravenhorst, 1802Fairy swords
Aleochara (Xenochara) tristis (Gravenhorst, 1806)⇒ Aleochara moesta Gravenhorst, 1802
Aloconota (Aloconota) sulcifrons Stephens, 1832Rove beetle
Amischa (Amischa) analis Gravenhorst, 1802Rove beetle
Amischa (Amischa) decipiens Sharp, 1869
Anotylus (Oxytelops) insecatus Gravenhorst, 1806Rove beetle
Anotylus (Oxytelops) rugosus Fabricius, 1775Rove beetle
Anotylus (Oxytelops) tetracarinatus Block, 1799Rove beetle
Arrhenopeplus tesserula (Curtis, 1828)⇒ Arrhenoplus tesserula Curtis, 1828
Bledius (Hesperophilus) opacus Block, 1799
Callicerus obscurus Gravenhorst, 1802Fairy swords
Calodera rufescens Kraatz, 1856
Carpelimus (Carpelimus) fuliginosus Gravenhorst, 1802
Carpelimus (Myopinus) elongatulus Erichson, 1839
Carpelimus (Trogophloeus) gracilis (Mannerheim, 1830)⇒ Carpelimus subtilis Erichson, 1839
Catops morio (Fabricius, 1792)⇒ Apocatops nigrita Erichson, 1837
Cilea silphoides Linnaeus, 1767Staph beetle
Colon (Colon) serripes C.R. Sahlberg, 1834
Coprophilus (Coprophilus) striatulus Fabricius, 1793Rove beetle
Coproporus ventriculus Say, 1834
Cordalia obscura Gravenhorst, 1802Rove beetle
Crataraea suturalis Mannerheim, 1830Rove beetle
Creophilus maxillosus Linnaeus, 1758Carrion Beetle
Dalmisus batrisodes Sharp, 1886
Deleaster dichrous Gravenhorst, 1802Rove beetle
Dinaraea angustula Gyllenhal, 1810Staphylinid beetle
Earota dentata Bernhauer, 1906
Elacatophora apion Jaloszynski, 2004
Euplectus (Euplectus) signatus Reichenbach, 1816Rove Beetle
Falagria caesa (Erichson, 1837)⇒ Falagria sulcatus Paykull, 1789
Gabrius nigritulus Gravenhorst, 1802Rove beetle
Gyrohypnus (Gyrohypnus) angustatus Stephens, 1833Staph beetle
Gyrohypnus (Gyrohypnus) fracticornis O. F. Müller, 1776Staph beetle
Gyrophaena (Gyrophaena) nana Paykull, 1800Rove beetle
Habrocerus capillaricornis Gravenhorst, 1806Staph beetle
Heterosilpha ramosa Say, 1823Garden Carrion Beetle
Heterothops praevius Erichson, 1839
Homalota plana Gyllenhal, 1810Rove beetle
Ischnosoma splendidum Gravenhorst, 1806Staph beetle
Lathrobium (Lathrobium) elongatum Linnaeus, 1767
Leptusa (Dysleptusa) carolinensis Pace, 1989
Lithocharis ochracea Gravenhorst, 1802Fairy swords
Lobrathium collare Erichson, 1840
Lordithon (Lordithon) bimaculatus Schrank, 1798
Lordithon (Lordithon) thoracicus Fabricius, 1777Staph beetle
Lordithon facilis Casey, 1884
Medon brunneus Erichson, 1839
Medon fusculus Mannerheim, 1830
Meotica (Meotica) pallens (Redtenbacher, 1849)⇒ Meotica anglica Benick, 1991
Meronera venustula Erichson, 1839
Millidium minutissimum Ljungh, 1804Ptilid beetle
Mocyta fungi Gravenhorst, 1806Rove beetle
Mycetoporus (Mycetoporus) clavicornis Stephens, 1832
Mycetoporus rufohumeralis Campbell, 1991
Necrodes surinamensis Fabricius, 1775Red-lined Carrion Beetle
Necrophila americana Linnaeus, 1758American Carrion Beetle
Nehemitropia lividipennis Mannerheim, 1830Rove beetle
Nephanes titan Newman, 1834
Nicrophorus americanus Olivier, 1790American burying beetle
Nicrophorus investigator ♰ Zetterstedt, 1824Banded Sexton Beetle
Nicrophorus marginatus Fabricius, 1801Margined Burying Beetle
Nicrophorus orbicollis Say, 1825Roundneck Sexton Beetle
Nicrophorus tomentosus Weber, 1801Gold-necked carrion beetle
Nicrophorus vespilloides Herbst, 1783Boreal Carrion Beetle
Nudobius cephalus Say, 1834
Ocypus (Ocypus) olens Müller, 1764Cocktail
Oiceoptoma inaequale Fabricius, 1781Ridged Carrion Beetle
Oiceoptoma noveboracense Forster, 1771Margined Carrion Beetle
Oligota (Oligota) parva Kraatz, 1862Rove beetle
Omalium rivulare Paykull, 1789Ocillate rove beetle
Ontholestes cingulatus Gravenhorst, 1802Gold and Brown Rove Beetle
Oxypoda (Oxypoda) opaca Gravenhorst, 1802Rove beetle
Oxypoda amica Casey, 1906
Oxytelus (Epomotylus) sculptus Gravenhorst, 1806Rove beetle
Oxytelus (Tanycraerus) laqueatus Marsham, 1802Rove beetle
Phanerota fasciata Say, 1834
Philonthus (Philonthus) carbonarius (Gravenhorst, 1802)⇒ Philonthus tenuicornis Mulsant & Rey, 1853
Philonthus (Philonthus) caucasicus Nordmann, 1837Staph beetle
Philonthus (Philonthus) cognatus Stephens, 1832Staph beetle
Philonthus (Philonthus) cyanipennis Fabricius, 1793Staph Beetle
Philonthus (Philonthus) debilis Gravenhorst, 1802Staph beetle
Philonthus (Philonthus) discoideus Gravenhorst, 1802Rove beetle
Philonthus (Philonthus) politus (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Philonthus concinnus Gravenhorst, 1802
Phyllodrepa (Phyllodrepa) floralis Paykull, 1789
Placusa (Placusa) incompleta Sjöberg, 1934Rove beetle
Platydracus cinnamopterus Gravenhorst, 1802Cinnamon Rove Beetle
Platydracus fossator Gravenhorst, 1802Red-spotted Rove Beetle
Platydracus maculosus Gravenhorst, 1802Brown Rove Beetle
Platydracus zonatus Gravenhorst, 1802
Platystethus (Craetopycrus) degener Mulsant & Rey, 1878Rove beetle
Porrhodites fenestralis Zetterstedt, 1828Staph beetle
Proteinus atomarius Erichson, 1840Staph beetle
Ptenidium (Ptenidium) pusillum Gyllenhal, 1808Tiny feather-winged beetle
Ptenidium (Wankowiczium) intermedium Wankowicz, 1869
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) fulgidus (Fabricius, 1792)⇒ Quedius assimilis Nordmann, 1837
Quedius (Microsaurus) mesomelinus Marsham, 1802Staph beetle
Rugilus (Rugilus) orbiculatus Paykull, 1789
Rugilus (Rugilus) rufipes Germar, 1836Staph beetle
Rybaxis transversa Fall, 1927
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
Smicrus filicornis Fairmaire & ..., 1855
Stenichnus (Cyrtoscydmus) collaris P.W.J. Müll..., 1822
Stenichnus (Cyrtoscydmus) scutellaris P.W.J. Müll..., 1822
Stenus (Stenus) clavicornis Scopoli, 1763Staph beetle
Stenus cicindela Sharp, 1874
Tachinus (Tachinus) corticinus Gravenhorst, 1802Staph beetle
Tachinus (Tachinus) fimbriatus Gravenhorst, 1802
Tachinus rufipes Linnaeus, 1758Rove beetle
Tachyporus (Palporus) nitidulus Fabricius, 1781Staph Beetle
Tachyporus (Tachyporus) dispar Paykull, 1789Staph beetle
Tachyporus (Tachyporus) jocosus Say, 1834
Tachyporus atriceps Stephens, 1832
Tachyporus borealis Campbell, 1979
Tachyporus chrysomelinus Linnaeus, 1758Staph Beetle
Tasgius (Rayacheila) melanarius Heer, 1839Rove beetle
Tasgius (Rayacheila) winkleri Bernhauer, 1906Staph beetle
Tasgius (Tasgius) ater Gravenhorst, 1802Staph Beetle
Thanatophilus lapponicus Herbst, 1793Northern Carrion Beetle
Thanatophilus sagax Mannerheim, 1853
Trichophya pilicornis Gyllenhal, 1810Staph 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 Elgin County
FamilyLeiodidae
Fleming, 1821
Round fungus beetles		3
3		Genera
Species
Taxom

FamilyPtiliidae
Heer, 1843
Feather-wing beetles, Feather-winged beetles, Featherwing beetles, Featherwinged Beetles, Horseshoe crab beetles		6
10		Genera
Species
Taxom

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

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

FamilyStaphylinidae
Lameere, 1900
Rove beetles, Short-winged mold beetles, Staphs		69
107		Genera
Species
Taxom



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