STAPHYLINOIDEA Latreille, 1802
(rove, sexton and featherwing beetles)

STAPHYLINOIDEA (rove, sexton and featherwing beetles) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

STAPHYLINOIDEA (rove, sexton and featherwing beetles) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
HYDRAENIDAE
small water beetles
Family 3 references
LEIODIDAE
round fungus beetles
Family 15 subtaxa 15 trophisms 8 references
PTILIIDAE
featherwing beetles
Family 5 subtaxa 5 trophisms 1 references
SCYDMAENIDAE
small antlike beetles
Family 1 subtaxa 1 trophisms
Stenichnus
a genus of small antlike beetles
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 trophisms
SILPHIDAE
sexton beetles
Family 3 subtaxa 1 trophisms 9 references
STAPHYLINIDAE
rove beetles
Family 98 subtaxa 113 trophisms 34 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for STAPHYLINOIDEA (rove, sexton and featherwing beetles)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Freude, H., Harde, K.W. & Lohse, G.A. (Eds.) Die Käfer Mitteleuropas. Band 3: Adephaga 2. Die Käfer Mitteleuropas, Vol 3, Goecke & Evers, Krefeld

STAPHYLINOIDEA (rove, sexton and featherwing beetles) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to STAPHYLINOIDEA (rove, sexton and featherwing beetles):

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