Ctenistini

Ctenistini
Ctenistes palpalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Staphyliniformia
Family:	Staphylinidae
Supertribe:	Pselaphitae
Tribe:	Ctenistini Blanchard, 1845

Ctenistini is a tribe of ant-loving beetles in the family Staphylinidae. There are at least four genera and about six described species in Ctenistini. ^[1]

The tribe was described in 1845 by Blanchard, ^{[2] [3]} and the type genus is Ctenistes Reichenbach, 1816. ^[2]

Genera

These five genera belong to the tribe Ctenistini:

• Atinus Horn, 1868 ^{i c g b}
• Biotus Casey, 1887 ^{i c g b}
• Ctenisis Raffray, 1890 ^{i c g b}
• Ctenisodes Raffray, 1897 ^{i c g b}
• Centrotoma Heyden, C., 1849^c

Data sources: i = ITIS, ^[4] c = Catalogue of Life, ^[5] g = GBIF, ^[6] b = Bugguide.net ^[1]

References

1. "Ctenistini Tribe Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
2. "Tribe Ctenistini Blanchard, 1845". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Government. Retrieved 2025-07-15.
3. Blanchard, E. 1845. Histoire des insectes, traitant de leurs moeurs et de leurs métamorphoses en général, et comprenant une nouvelle classification fondée sur leurs rapports naturels. Hyménoptères et Coléoptères. Paris : Didot Vol. 1 v, 396 pp., [306].
4. "ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System" . Retrieved 2018-04-22.
5. "Catalogue of Life" . Retrieved 2018-04-22.
6. "GBIF" . Retrieved 2018-04-22.

Further reading

• Blatchley, W.S. (1910). An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub.
• Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (88). Pensoft Publishers: 1–972. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.88.807 . ISSN   1313-2989. PMC   3088472 . PMID   21594053.
• Brunke, A.; Marshall, S. (2011). "Contributions to the faunistics and bionomics of Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) in northeastern North America: discoveries made through study of the University of Guelph Insect Collection, Ontario, Canada". ZooKeys (75): 29–68. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.75.767 . PMC   3088045 . PMID   21594139.
• Chandler, D.S. (1997). A catalog of Coleoptera of America north of Mexico. Family: Pselaphidae (PDF). USDA Agriculture handbook no. 529-31.
• Crotch, G.R. (1873). Check list of the Coleoptera of America, north of Mexico. Naturalists' Agency. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.38811 . ISBN   0665070772.
• Evans, Arthur V.; Hogue, James N. (2006). Field Guide to Beetles of California. University of California Press. ISBN   978-0520246577.
• Frank, J.H.; Ahn, K.J. (2011). "Coastal Staphylinidae (Coleoptera): A worldwide checklist, biogeography and natural history". ZooKeys (107): 1–98. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.107.1651 . PMC   3392188 . PMID   22792029.
• Klimaszewski, J.; McLean, J.; Chandler, D.; Savard, K.; et al. (2009). "Survey of rove beetles (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with new records and description of a new species. Part 2". ZooKeys (22): 19–33. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.22.177 .
• Klimaszewski, J.; McLean, J.; Li, A.; Savard, K. (2009). "Survey of rove beetles (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with new records and description of a new species. Part 1". ZooKeys (22): 5–17. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.22.86 .
• Klimaszewski, Jan; Watt, J.Charles (1997). "Coleoptera: family-group review and keys to identification". Fauna of New Zealand. 37.
• Lawrence, J.F.; Newton Jr., A.F. (1995). Pakaluk, James; Slipinski, Stanislaw Adam (eds.). Families and subfamilies of Coleoptera (with selected genera, notes, references and data on family-group names). Biology, Phylogeny, and Classification of Coleoptera: Papers Celebrating the 80th Birthday of Roy A. Crowson. Vol. 2. Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii PAN. pp. 779–1006. ISBN   83-85192-34-4.
• LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.38459 . ISBN   0665100558.
• Leng, Charles W. (1920). Catalogue of the Coleoptera of America, North of Mexico. John D. Sherman, Jr. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.8777 .
• Mazur, Slawomir (2004). Lobl, I.; Smetana, A. (eds.). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 2: Hydrophiloidea - Histeroidea - Staphylinoidea. Apollo Books. pp. 68–102. ISBN   87-88757-74-9.
• White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides) . Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN   0395910897.