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Checklist for Superfamily Staphylinoidea Latreille, 1802 (Carrion Beetles)
and region West USA (USA)


Class
 		Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects		782
15067
62702		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 		Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects		777
15046
62673		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 		Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects		739
14833
62018		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 		Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects		479
12088
52316		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Order
 		Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans		132
3828
14947		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 		Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags		120
3497
12711		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 		Staphyliniformia
Lameere, 1900
11
588
2489		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 		Staphylinoidea
Latreille, 1802
Carrion Beetles, Fungus Beetles, Rove Beetles		7
490
1992		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 


List of families for West USA
7 Families width 1992 Species and 20 Subspecies
Agyrtidae Thomson, 1859Primitive carrion beetles10SpeciesTaxom
Hydraenidae Mulsant, 1844Cascade Beetles62SpeciesTaxom
Leiodidae Fleming, 1821Round fungus beetles148SpeciesTaxom
Ptiliidae Heer, 1843Feather-wing beetles22SpeciesTaxom
Scydmaenidae (Leach, 1815)Ant-like stone beetles36SpeciesTaxom
Silphidae Latreille, 1807Burying And Carrion Beetles33SpeciesTaxom
Staphylinidae Lameere, 1900Rove beetles1681SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Staphylinoidea with occurrences in West USA
FamilyAgyrtidae
Thomson, 1859
Primitive carrion beetles		6
10		Genera
Species
Taxom

FamilyHydraenidae
Mulsant, 1844
Cascade Beetles, Hydraenid beetles, minute moss beetle, Minute moss beetles		4
62		Genera
Species
Taxom

FamilyLeiodidae
Fleming, 1821
Round fungus beetles		39
148		Genera
Species
Taxom

FamilyPtiliidae
Heer, 1843
Feather-wing beetles, Feather-winged beetles, Featherwing beetles, Featherwinged Beetles, Horseshoe crab beetles		9
22		Genera
Species
Taxom

FamilyScydmaenidae
Leach, 1815
Ant-like stone beetles, Scydmaenines		15
36		Genera
Species
Taxom

FamilySilphidae
Latreille, 1807
Burying And Carrion Beetles, Burying beetles, Carrion Beetle, Carrion beetles, Large carrion beetles, Sexton beetles		8
33		Genera
Species
Taxom

FamilyStaphylinidae
Lameere, 1900
Rove beetles, Short-winged mold beetles, Staphs		409
1681		Genera
Species
Taxom



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