Staphylininae

Systematics

As it seems, the Staphylininae are part of a large clade together with the subfamilies Euaesthetinae, Leptotyphlinae, Megalopsidiinae, Oxyporinae, Paederinae, Pseudopsinae, Scydmaeninae, Solieriinae, Steninae, and the extinct Protactinae which are only known from fossils.

The numerous Staphylininae genera are divided into six tribes, listed below along with some notable genera. However, a scientific study in 2020 proposed moving all tribes except Staphylinini to other subfamilies and raising several of Staphylinini's subtribes to tribal level. This would result in a new total of twelve tribes: Acylophorini, Afroquediini, Amblyopinini, Antimerini, †Baltognathini, Cyrtoquediini, Erichsoniini, Hyptiomini, Indoquediini, Quediini, Staphylinini and Tanygnathinini.

• Coomaniini Żyła & Solodovnikov, 2019
  • Coomania Cameron, 1939
• Diochini Casey, 1906
  • Antarctothius Coiffait & Saiz
  • Diochus Erichson, 1839
    • †Diochus electrus Chatzimanolis & Engel, 2011 (Lutetian, Baltic amber)
• Maorothiini
• Othiini C.G.Thomson, 1859
• Platyprosopini Lynch, 1884
• Staphylinini Latreille, 1802 (including Philonthini, Tanygnathinini)
  • Cafius
  • Creophilus
    • Creophilus maxillosus – hairy rove beetle
  • Eucibdelus
  • Euryporus Erichson, 1839
  • Flohria
  • Gabrius
  • Indoquedius
  • Jurecekia
  • Ocypus
    • Ocypus olens – devil's coach-horse beetle
    • Ocypus ophthalmicus
  • Ontholestes
  • Paederomimus
  • Philonthus
    • Philonthus cognatus
  • Quedius
    • Quedius curtipennis
    • Quedius fuliginosus
  • Rabigus Mulsant & Rey, 1876
  • Rhynchocheilus
  • Staphylinus
  • Stevensia
  • Thinopinus – pictured rove beetle
  • Velleius Leach, 1819
    • Velleius dilatatus (Fabricius, 1787)
• Xantholinini Erichson, 1839
  • Gyrohypnus Leach, 1819
  • Leptacinus Erichson, 1839
    • Leptacinus intermedius Donisthorpe, 1935
  • Xantholinus Erichson, 1839