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Checklist for Superfamily Staphylinoidea Latreille, 1802 (Carrion Beetles)
and region New Castle County (Delaware, USA)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
198
1081
1625
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
198
1081
1625
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
187
1043
1553
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
132
923
1426
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
41
288
466
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
36
216
296
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Staphyliniformia
Lameere, 1900
6
31
46
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Staphylinoidea
Latreille, 1802
Carrion Beetles, Fungus Beetles, Rove Beetles
3
9
11
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for New Castle County
3 Families width 11 Species
Staphylinidae (Lameere, 1900)Rove beetles5SpeciesTaxom
Scydmaenidae Leach, 1815Ant-like stone beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Silphidae Latreille, 1807Burying And Carrion Beetles5SpeciesTaxom


Genera for New Castle County
9 Genera with 11 Species
Creophilus Samouelle, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Elacatophora Schaufuss, 20041SpeciesTaxom
Necrodes Leach, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Necrophila Kirby & Spence, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Nicrophorus Fabricius, 1807Burying Beetle3SpeciesTaxom
Philonthus Stephens, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Stenus Latreille, 18741SpeciesTaxom
Tachyporus Gravenhorst, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Xantholinus Dejean, 17951SpeciesTaxom


Species list for New Castle County
11 Species
Creophilus maxillosus Linnaeus, 1758Carrion Beetle
Elacatophora apion Jaloszynski, 2004
Necrodes surinamensis Fabricius, 1775Red-lined Carrion Beetle
Necrophila americana Linnaeus, 1758American Carrion Beetle
Nicrophorus marginatus Fabricius, 1801Margined Burying Beetle
Nicrophorus orbicollis Say, 1825Roundneck Sexton Beetle
Nicrophorus pustulatus Herschel, 1807Pustulated Carrion Beetle
Philonthus (Philonthus) politus (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Philonthus concinnus Gravenhorst, 1802
Stenus cicindela Sharp, 1874
Tachyporus (Palporus) nitidulus Fabricius, 1781Staph Beetle
Xantholinus (Xantholinus) linearis (Olivier, 1795)⇒ Neohypnus lineatus Wendeler, 1924

Subnodes of Staphylinoidea with occurrences in New Castle County
FamilyScydmaenidae
Leach, 1815
Ant-like stone beetles, Scydmaenines
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilySilphidae
Latreille, 1807
Burying And Carrion Beetles, Burying beetles, Carrion Beetle, Carrion beetles, Large carrion beetles, Sexton beetles
3
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyStaphylinidae
Lameere, 1900
Rove beetles, Short-winged mold beetles, Staphs
5
5
Genera
Species

Taxom



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