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Checklist for Superfamily Staphylinoidea Latreille, 1802 (Carrion Beetles)
and region Namibia (Southern Africa)


Class
 		Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects		434
4745
11084		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 		Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects		432
4730
11041		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 		Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects		411
4621
10826		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 		Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects		261
3768
9377		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Order
 		Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans		67
1354
3316		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 		Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags		60
1163
2723		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 		Staphyliniformia
Lameere, 1900
8
166
554		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 		Staphylinoidea
Latreille, 1802
Carrion Beetles, Fungus Beetles, Rove Beetles		6
109
305		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 


List of families for Namibia
6 Families width 305 Species and 8 Subspecies
Hydraenidae Mulsant, 1844Cascade Beetles26SpeciesTaxom
Leiodidae Fleming, 1821Round fungus beetles2SpeciesTaxom
Ptiliidae Heer, 1843Feather-wing beetles4SpeciesTaxom
Scydmaenidae (Leach, 1815)Ant-like stone beetles10SpeciesTaxom
Silphidae Latreille, 1807Burying And Carrion Beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Staphylinidae Lameere, 1900Rove beetles262SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Staphylinoidea with occurrences in Namibia
FamilyHydraenidae
Mulsant, 1844
Cascade Beetles, Hydraenid beetles, minute moss beetle, Minute moss beetles		5
26		Genera
Species
Taxom

FamilyLeiodidae
Fleming, 1821
Round fungus beetles		2
2		Genera
Species
Taxom

FamilyPtiliidae
Heer, 1843
Feather-wing beetles, Feather-winged beetles, Featherwing beetles, Featherwinged Beetles, Horseshoe crab beetles		3
4		Genera
Species
Taxom

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

FamilySilphidae
Latreille, 1807
Burying And Carrion Beetles, Burying beetles, Carrion Beetle, Carrion beetles, Large carrion beetles, Sexton beetles		1
1		Genus
Species
Taxom

FamilyStaphylinidae
Lameere, 1900
Rove beetles, Short-winged mold beetles, Staphs		94
262		Genera
Species
Taxom



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