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Checklist for Superfamily Staphylinoidea Latreille, 1802 (Carrion Beetles)
and region Sierra Leone (West Africa)


Class
 		Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects		314
3514
7841		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 		Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects		313
3513
7840		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 		Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects		302
3456
7694		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 		Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects		209
2933
6972		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Order
 		Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans		59
1059
2461		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 		Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags		55
924
2086		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 		Staphyliniformia
Lameere, 1900
10
296
981		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 		Staphylinoidea
Latreille, 1802
Carrion Beetles, Fungus Beetles, Rove Beetles		7
230
791		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 


List of families for Sierra Leone
7 Families width 791 Species and 87 Subspecies
Agyrtidae Thomson, 1859Primitive carrion beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Hydraenidae Mulsant, 1844Cascade Beetles29SpeciesTaxom
Leiodidae Fleming, 1821Round fungus beetles58SpeciesTaxom
Ptiliidae Heer, 1843Feather-wing beetles22SpeciesTaxom
Scydmaenidae (Leach, 1815)Ant-like stone beetles68SpeciesTaxom
Silphidae Latreille, 1807Burying And Carrion Beetles3SpeciesTaxom
Staphylinidae Lameere, 1900Rove beetles610SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Staphylinoidea with occurrences in Sierra Leone
FamilyAgyrtidae
Thomson, 1859
Primitive carrion beetles		1
1		Genus
Species
Taxom

FamilyHydraenidae
Mulsant, 1844
Cascade Beetles, Hydraenid beetles, minute moss beetle, Minute moss beetles		3
29		Genera
Species
Taxom

FamilyLeiodidae
Fleming, 1821
Round fungus beetles		12
58		Genera
Species
Taxom

FamilyPtiliidae
Heer, 1843
Feather-wing beetles, Feather-winged beetles, Featherwing beetles, Featherwinged Beetles, Horseshoe crab beetles		11
22		Genera
Species
Taxom

FamilyScydmaenidae
Leach, 1815
Ant-like stone beetles, Scydmaenines		11
68		Genera
Species
Taxom

FamilySilphidae
Latreille, 1807
Burying And Carrion Beetles, Burying beetles, Carrion Beetle, Carrion beetles, Large carrion beetles, Sexton beetles		2
3		Genera
Species
Taxom

FamilyStaphylinidae
Lameere, 1900
Rove beetles, Short-winged mold beetles, Staphs		190
610		Genera
Species
Taxom



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