STAPHYLINIDAE Latreille, 1802
(rove beetles)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
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ID refs
ALEOCHARINAE
a subfamily of rove beetles
Subfamily 3 subtaxa 4 ident. refs
OMALIINAE
a subfamily of beetles
Subfamily 2 subtaxa 3 ident. refs
OXYPORINAE
a subfamily of beetles
Subfamily 1 subtaxa 1 images 1 ident. refs
Oxyporus
a genus of rove beetles
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 1 images 1 ident. refs
OXYTELINAE
a subfamily of beetles
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 		Subfamily 2 subtaxa 17 images
PAEDERINAE
a subfamily of beetles
Subfamily 3 subtaxa 28 images
Paederus
a genus of rove beetles
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 		Genus 3 subtaxa 28 images
PSELAPHINAE
short-winged mould beetles
Subfamily 2 ident. refs
SCAPHIDIINAE
a subfamily of beetles
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 		Subfamily 1 subtaxa 11 images 1 ident. refs
Siagonium quadricorne
a rove beetle
Species 1 ident. refs
STAPHYLININAE
a subfamily of beetles
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 		Subfamily 7 subtaxa 52 images 5 ident. refs
STENINAE
a subfamily of beetles
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 		Subfamily 5 subtaxa 20 images 1 ident. refs
TACHYPORINAE
a subfamily of beetles
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 		Subfamily 5 subtaxa 16 images 5 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilySTAPHYLINIDAE (rove beetles)
SuperfamilySTAPHYLINOIDEA (rove, sexton and featherwing beetles)
Series Staphyliniformia (burying beetles, carrion beetles, rove beetles etc.)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Freude, H., Harde, K.W. & Lohse, G.A. (Eds.) Die Käfer Mitteleuropas. Band 4. Staphylinidae I (Micropeplinae bis Tachyporinae) Die Käfer Mitteleuropas, Vol 4, Goecke & Evers, Krefeld
Freude, H., Harde, K.W. & Lohse, G.A. (Eds.) Die Käfer Mitteleuropas. Band 5: Staphylinidae II (Hypocyphtinae und Aleocharinae), Pselaphidae Die Käfer Mitteleuropas, Vol 5, Goecke & Evers, Krefeld
() Lott, D.A. & Anderson, R. 2011 The Staphylinidae (rove beetles) of Britain and Ireland. Parts 7 & 8: Oxyporinae, Steninae, Euaesthetinae, Pseudopsinae, Paederinae, Staphylininae Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 12, Parts 7&8, 340pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
() Lott, D.A. 2009 The Staphylinidae (rove beetles) of Britain and Ireland Part 5: Scaphidiinae, Piestinae, Oxytelinae Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 12, Part 5, 99pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
() Rotheray, G.E. 1989 Aphid Predators Naturalists' Handbooks, 11, 77pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
() Tottenham, C.E. 1954 Coleoptera: Staphylinidae (a) Piestinae to Euaesthetinae Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol IV. Par 8(a), 79pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Online Key

Hansen, A.K. The Danish Beetle Bank www.danbiller.dk/

STAPHYLINIDAE (rove beetles) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for STAPHYLINIDAE (rove beetles)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 114 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for STAPHYLINIDAE (rove beetles)
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