Athetini

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Athetini
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Atheta novaescotiae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Staphyliniformia
Family: Staphylinidae
Subfamily: Aleocharinae
Tribe: Athetini
Casey, 1910

Athetini is a tribe of rove beetles in the family Staphylinidae. There are at least 50 genera and 430 described species in Athetini. [1] [2] [3]

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Meronera venustula

Taxonomy

Athetini is one of the most taxonomically complex tribes of Aleocharinae and the limits of the tribe and its internal relationships are the subject of ongoing study. Ecitocharini (Seevers, 1965), was previously considered its own tribe but was recovered as part of Athetini by a phylogenetic study and was therefore synonymized. [4]

Genera

References

  1. "Athetini Tribe Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
  2. "Athetini Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
  3. "Athetini Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
  4. Elven, Hallvard; Bachmann, Lutz; Gusarov, Vladimir I. (2012). "Molecular phylogeny of the Athetini–Lomechusini–Ecitocharini clade of aleocharine rove beetles (Insecta)". Zoologica Scripta. 41 (6): 617–636. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2012.00553.x. PMC   3532658 . PMID   23316099.

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