Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Staphyliniformia
Superfamiliae: Histeroidea - Hydrophiloidea - Staphylinoidea

Overview of Recent familiae

Agyrtidae - Epimetopidae - Georissidae - Helophoridae - Histeridae - Hydraenidae - Hydrochidae - Hydrophilidae - Leiodidae - Ptiliidae - Scydmaenidae - Silphidae - Spercheidae - Sphaeritidae - Staphylinidae - Synteliidae

References

• Beutel, R.G.; Leschen, R.A.B. 2005: Phylogenetic analysis of Staphyliniformia (Coleoptera) based on characters of larvae and adults. Systematic entomology, 30: 510–548. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2005.00293.x
• Caterino, M.S.; Hunt, T.; Vogler, A.P. 2005: On the constitution and phylogeny of Staphyliniformia (Insecta: Coleoptera). Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 34: 655–672.

• McKenna, D.D. et al. 2014 (Online) 2015 (Print): Phylogeny and evolution of Staphyliniformia and Scarabaeiformia: forest litter as a stepping stone for diversification of nonphytophagous beetles. Systematic entomology 40(1): 35–60. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12093 Reference page. 
• Newton, A.F., jr.; Thayer, M.K. 1992: Current classification and family-group names in Staphyliniformia (Coleoptera). Fieldiana: zoology (n.s.), 67: 1–92.
• Catalogue of Palearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 2 ed. I. Lobl, & A. Smetana, Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark, 2004 ISBN 87-88757-74-9, p.36

Vernacular names

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