Euplectitae

Euplectitae
Trichonyx sulcicollis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Staphyliniformia
Family:	Staphylinidae
Subfamily:	Pselaphinae
Supertribe:	Euplectitae Streubel, 1839

Euplectitae is a supertribe of ant-loving beetles in the family Staphylinidae. There are at least 20 genera and 30 described species in Euplectitae. ^{[1] [2]}

Trimium brevicorne

Genera

These 27 genera belong to the supertribe Euplectitae:

• Actiastes Casey, 1897 ^{i c g b}
• Actium Casey, 1886 ^{i c g b}
• Bibloplectus Reitter, 1881 ^{i c g b}
• Conoplectus Brendel, 1888 ^{i c g b}
• Dalmosanus Park, 1952 ^{i c g b}
• Dalmosella Casey, 1897 ^{i c g b}
• Euboarhexius Grigarick & Schuster, 1966 ^{i c g b}
• Euplectus Leach, 1817 ^{i c g b}
• Eutyphlus LeConte, 1880 ^{i c g b}
• Leptoplectus Casey, 1908 ^{i c g b}
• Mayetia Mulsant & Rey, 1875 ^{i c g b}
• Melba Casey, 1897 ^{i c g b}
• Morius Casey, 1894 ^{i c g b}
• Oropodes Casey, 1894 ^{i c g b}
• Oropus Casey, 1886 ^{i c g b}
• Pseudactium Casey, 1908 ^{i c g b}
• Pycnoplectus Casey, 1897 ^{i c g b}
• Ramecia Casey, 1894 ^{i c g b}
• Rhexidius Casey, 1887 ^{i c g b}
• Rhexius LeConte, 1849 ^{i c g b}
• Sebaga Raffray, 1891 ^{i c g b}
• Thesiastes Casey, 1894 ^{i c g b}
• Thesium Casey, 1884 ^{i c g b}
• Trichonyx Chaudoir, 1845 ^{i c g b}
• Trimiomelba Casey, 1897 ^{i c g b}
• Trimioplectus Brendel, 1891 ^{i c g b}
• Trimium Aubé, 1833 ^{i c g b}

Data sources: i = ITIS, ^[3] c = Catalogue of Life, ^[4] g = GBIF, ^[5] b = Bugguide.net ^[1]

References

1. "Euplectitae Supertribe Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
2. "Euplectitae Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
3. "ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System" . Retrieved 2018-04-12.
4. "Catalogue of Life" . Retrieved 2018-04-12.
5. "GBIF" . Retrieved 2018-04-12.

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.

External links

• Media related to Euplectitae at Wikimedia Commons