Checklist of Superfamily Staphylinoidea Latreille, 1802 (Carrion Beetles)
for Trinidad and Tobago (Caribbean islands)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 396
3475
6536 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 395
3474
6534 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 380
3412
6411 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 242
2730
5276 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 63
681
1129 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 59
630
1047 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Staphyliniformia
Lameere, 1900
| 8
156
261 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Staphylinoidea
Latreille, 1802
Carrion Beetles, Fungus Beetles, Rove Beetles | 6
126
222 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Trinidad and Tobago
6 Families width 222 Species
Subnodes of Staphylinoidea with occurrences in Trinidad and Tobago | Family | Hydraenidae
Mulsant, 1844
Cascade Beetles, Hydraenid beetles, minute moss beetle, Minute moss beetles | 1
3 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Leiodidae
Fleming, 1821
Round fungus beetles | 3
4 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Ptiliidae
Heer, 1843
Feather-wing beetles, Feather-winged beetles, Featherwing beetles, Featherwinged Beetles, Horseshoe crab beetles | 5
6 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Scydmaenidae
Leach, 1815
Ant-like stone beetles, Scydmaenines | 1
3 | Genus
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 | 115
205 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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