Euaesthetinae

Euaesthetinae
Euaesthetus sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Staphyliniformia
Family:	Staphylinidae
Subfamily:	Euaesthetinae Thomson, 1859
Tribes
Alzadaesthetini Scheerpeltz, 1974 Austroesthetini Cameron, 1944 Euaesthetini Thomson, C. G., 1859 Nordenskioldiini Bernhauer & Schubert, 1911 Stenaesthetini Bernhauer & Schubert, 1911 Stictocraniini Jakobson, 1914

The Euaesthetinae are a subfamily of the Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) containing six tribes. ^[1]

These rove beetles have slender antennae with two or three apical antennomeres forming a loose club. The tarsi have 4-4-4 or 5-5-5 (5-5-4 in some exotic genera) segments. They are found in forest litter. Five genera and 22 species known from North America.

Gallery

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  Euaesthetus sp.
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  Edaphus sp.

References

1. "Euaesthetinae". Catalogue of Life . Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands.

Further reading

• Herman, L.H. 2001: Catalog of the Staphylinidae (Insecta, Coleoptera): 1758 to the end of the second millennium. IV. Staphylinine group (part 1) Euaesthetinae, Leptotyphlinae, Megalopsidiinae, Oxyporinae, Pseudopsinae, Solieriinae, Steninae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, (265): 1807–2440.
• Newton, A. F., Jr., M. K. Thayer, J. S. Ashe, and D. S. Chandler. 2001. 22. Staphylinidae Latreille, 1802. p. 272–418. In: R. H. Arnett, Jr., and M. C. Thomas (eds.). American beetles, Volume 1. CRC Press; Boca Raton, FL. ix + 443 p.

External links

 Data related to Euaesthetinae at Wikispecies

• Euaesthetinae at Bugguide.net.