Staphyliniformia

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Holometabola
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Staphyliniformia
Superfamiliae:Histeroidea –Hydrophiloidea –Scarabaeoidea –Staphylinoidea

Overview of familiae

Agyrtidae –Belohinidae –Diphyllostomatidae –Epimetopidae –Georissidae –Geotrupidae –Glaphyridae –Glaresidae –Helophoridae –Histeridae –Hybosoridae –Hydraenidae –Hydrochidae –Hydrophilidae –Leiodidae –Lucanidae –Ochodaeidae –Passalidae –Pleocomidae –Ptiliidae –Scarabaeidae –Scydmaenidae –Silphidae –Spercheidae –Sphaeritidae –Staphylinidae –Synteliidae –Trogidae –†Lithoscarabaeidae –†Paralucanidae

Staphyliniformia Lameere, 1900

Synonyms

• Scarabaeiformia Crowson, 1960

Primary references

• Cai, C., Tihelka, E., Giacomelli, M., Lawrence, J.F., Ślipiński, A., Kundrata, R., Yamamoto, S., Thayer, M.K., Newton, A.F., Leschen, R.A.B., Gimmel, M.L., Lü, L., Engel, M.S., Bouchard, P., Huang, D., Pisani, D. & Donoghue, P.C.J. 2022. Integrated phylogenomics and fossil data illuminate the evolution of beetles. Royal Society Open Science 9: 211771. DOI: 10.1098/rsos.211771 . [Supplemental material] Reference page.  [sensu nov.]
• Lameere, A. 1900. Notes pour la classification des coléoptères. Annales de la Société entomologique de Belgique 44: 355–377. BHL.

Additional 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.
• Gerlach, J. 2009: Series Scarabaeiformia. Pp. 79-86 in: Gerlach, J. (ed.) The Coleoptera of the Seychelles Islands. Pensoft Publishers, Sofia-Moscow. ISBN 9789546424983 [as Scarabaeiformia]
• Krell, F.-T. 2007: Catalogue of fossil Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera: Polyphaga) of the Mesozoic and Tertiary – Version 2007 –. Denver Museum of Nature and Science technical report, 2007-8: 1–79. PDF [as Scarabaeiformia]
• McKenna, D.D., Farrell, B.D., Caterino, M.S., Farnum, C.W., Hawks, D.C., Maddison, D.R., Seago, A.E., Short, A.E.Z., Newton, A.F. & Thayer, M.K. 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
• Scholtz, C.H.; Grebennikov, V.V. 2005: 12. Scarabaeiformia/13. Scarabaeoidea. Pp. 345-425 in: Beutel, R.G. & Leschen, R.A.B. (volume eds.) Coleoptera, Beetles. Volume 1: Morphology and systematics (Archostemata, Adephaga, Myxophaga, Polyphaga partim). In: Kristensen, N.P. & Beutel, R.G. (eds.) Handbook of zoology. A natural history of the phyla of the animal kingdom. Volume IV. Arthropoda: Insecta. Part 38. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. [as Scarabaeiformia]
• Smith, A.B.T. 2006: A review of the family-group names for the superfamily Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) with corrections to nomenclature and a current classification. Coleopterists Society monograph, 5: 144–204.PDF [as Scarabaeiformia]

Links

• Browne, D. Jonathan and Clarke H. Scholtz 1995. Scarabaeiformia. Scarabaeoidea. Scarabs, stag beetles, dung beetles, rain beetles, etc. Version 01 January 1995 (under construction) in The Tree of Life Web Project [as Scarabaeiformia]
• Atlas of beetles of Russia: the superfamily SCARABAEOIDEA [as Scarabaeiformia]