The family Staphylinidae belongs to the suborder Polyphaga of the order Coleoptera (beetles). The superfamily Staphylinoidea includes the small families Hydraenidae, Ptiliidae, Agyrtidae, Leiodidae, Scydmaenidae, and Silphidae, and the huge family Staphylinidae.
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Staphylinoidea
Family: Staphylinidae
Four phyletic lines are now (Lawrence and Newton 1995) included in Staphylinidae:
- 1.
Subfamilies Glypholomatinae, Microsilphinae, Omaliinae, Empelinae, Proteininae, Micropeplinae, Neophoninae, Dasycerinae, Protopselaphinae, and Pselaphinae
- 2.
Subfamilies Phloeocharinae, Olisthaerinae, Tachyporinae, Trichophyinae, Habrocerinae, and Aleocharinae
- 3.
Subfamilies Trigonurinae, Apateticinae, Scaphi diinae, Piestinae, Osoriinae, and Oxytelinae
- 4.
Subfamilies Oxyporinae, Megalopsidiinae, Steni nae, Euaesthetinae, Solieriinae, Leptotyphlinae, Pseudopsinae, Paederinae, and Staphylininae
The former taxa Brathinidae (now just part of subfamily...
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
References
Frank JH (1991) Staphylinidae. In: Stehr FW (ed) Immature insects, vol 2. Kendall-Hunt, Dubuque, IA, pp 341–352
Frank JH, Thomas MC (1999) Staphylinidae. “Featured Creatures.” Available at http://creatures.ifas.ufl.edu/misc/beetles/rove_beetles.htm. Accessed April 27, 2001
Herman LH (2001) Catalog of the Staphylinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera). 1758 to the end of the second millennium. Bull Am Mus Nat Hist 265:1–4218 (note: this enormous scholarly work includes a bibliography to taxonomic works, together with a catalog of species belonging to most of the subfamilies (excepting only the subfamilies Aleocharinae, Paederinae, Pselaphinae, and Scaphidiinae))
Lawrence JF, Newton AF (1995) Families and subfamilies of Coleoptera (with selected genera, notes, references and data on family-group names). In: Pakaluk J, Slipinski SA (eds) Biology, phylogeny, and classification of Coleoptera. Museum i Instytut Zoologii PAN, Warsaw, Poland, pp 779–1006
Newton AF, Thayer MK, Ashe JS, Chandler DS (2000) Staphylinidae. In: Arnett RH, Thomas MC (eds) American beetles, vol 1. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, pp 272–418
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2008 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
About this entry
Cite this entry
Frank, J.H., Thomas, M.C. (2008). Rove Beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). In: Capinera, J.L. (eds) Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6359-6_3471
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6359-6_3471
Publisher Name: Springer, Dordrecht
Print ISBN: 978-1-4020-6242-1
Online ISBN: 978-1-4020-6359-6
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life SciencesReference Module Biomedical and Life Sciences