Checklist of Superfamily Staphylinoidea Latreille, 1802 (Carrion Beetles)
for Kenya (East Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 501
7087
22038 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 499
7082
22032 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 481
6999
21791 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 301
5800
19585 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 74
1976
6207 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 68
1724
5187 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Staphyliniformia
Lameere, 1900
| 8
375
1472 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Staphylinoidea
Latreille, 1802
Carrion Beetles, Fungus Beetles, Rove Beetles | 6
295
1173 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Kenya
6 Families width 1173 Species and 50 Subspecies
Subnodes of Staphylinoidea with occurrences in Kenya | Family | Hydraenidae
Mulsant, 1844
Cascade Beetles, Hydraenid beetles, minute moss beetle, Minute moss beetles | 7
20 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Leiodidae
Fleming, 1821
Round fungus beetles | 4
6 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Ptiliidae
Heer, 1843
Feather-wing beetles, Feather-winged beetles, Featherwing beetles, Featherwinged Beetles, Horseshoe crab beetles | 6
24 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Scydmaenidae
Leach, 1815
Ant-like stone beetles, Scydmaenines | 6
64 | Genera
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 | 271
1058 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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