Scydmaeninae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Staphylinoidea
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 Superfamilia: Staphylinoidea

Familia: Staphylinidae
Subfamilia: Scydmaeninae
Supertribus: Cephenniitae – †Hapsomelitae – Mastigitae – Scydmaenitae

Genera overview: Ablepton – Adrastia – †Aenictosoma – Aenigmaphes – Afroeudesis – Alloraphes – Amimoscydmus – Anhoraeomorphus – †Archeutheia – Archiconnus – Austrostenichnus – †Baltostigus – Bellendenker – Bicarinulodes – Blefuscudia – Brachycepsis – Catalinus – †Cenomaniola – Cephazteca – Cephennium – Cephennococcus – Cephennodes – Cephennomicrus – Cephennula – Ceramphis – Chevrolatia – Clavomicrus – †Clidicostigus – †Clidicus – †Cryptodiodon – Delius – †Ektatotricha – Elacatophora – †Electroatopos – †Electroscydmaenus – Etelea – Euconnomorphus – Euconnus – Eudesis – †Euroleptochromus – Eutheia – Eutheimorphus – Euthiconus – Euthiopsis – Furcodes – †Glaesoconnus – †Hapsomela – †Hetereuthia – Heteroscydmus – Heterotetramelus – †Heuretus – Himaloconnus – Hlavaciellus – Homoconnus – Horaeomorphus – Hyperstenichnus – †Kachinus – Kangarooconnus – †Kuafu – Lathomicrus – Leascydmus – Leptocharis – Leptochromus – Leptoderoides – Leptomastax – Leptoscydmus – Liliputella – Loeblites – Lophioderus – Madagaphes – Magellanoconnus – Marcepania – Mastigus – Meridaphes – Mexiconnus – †Microlynx – Microraphes – Microscydmus – Mimoscydmus – Monstrophennium – Nanophthalmus – Napochomorphus – Napoconnus – Neladius – Neuraphanax – Neuraphes – Neuraphoconnus – Neuraphomorphus – Noctophus – Nogunius – †Nuegua – Obesoconnus – Oreoeudesis – Paeneutheia – †Palaeoleptochromus – †Palaeomastigus – Palaeoscydmaenus – Palaeostigus – †Palaeothia – Papusus – Paracephennium – Paraneseuthia – Parapseudoconnus – Parascydmus – Penicillidmus – Perumicrus – Plaumanniola – Pomphopsilla – †Praphennium – Protandroconnus – Protoconnus – Psepharobius – Pseudocephennium – Pseudoeudesis – Pseudoraphes – †Rovnoleptochromus – †Rovnoscydmus – Rutaraphes – Schuelkelia – Sciacharis – Scydmaenilla – †Scydmaenoides – Scydmaenozila – Scydmaenus – Scydmepitoxis – †Scydmobisetia – Scydmoraphes – †Semnodioceras – Shyri – Siamites – Sibylloconnus – Sinonichnus – Spinosciacharis – Stenichnaphes – Stenichnoconnus – Stenichnodes – Stenichnoteras – Stenichnus – Stenomastigus – Syndicus – †Taimyraphes – Taphroscydmus – Taurablepton – Trichokrater – Tridensius – Trurlia – Venezolanoconnus – Veraphis – †Vertheia – Zeanichnus

Name

Scydmaeninae Leach, 1815: 92

Type genus: Scydmaenus Latreille, 1802

Synonymy

Scydmaenides Leach, 1815: 92 [original name]

References

Primary references

Leach, W.E. 1815. Entomology [pp. 57–172]. In: Brewster, D. (Ed). Brewster’s Edinburgh Encyclopedia. Volume IX [part I]. W. Blackwood, J. Waugh, etc., Edinburgh, 764 pp. BHL Reference page. [original description: p. 92]

Additional references

Csiki, E. 1919: Scydmaenidae. Coleopterorum catalogus, 70: 1–106.
Grebennikov, V.V.; Newton, A.F. 2007: Good-bye Scydmaenidae (Coleoptera): larval morphology and 18S rDNA sequence suggest that rove beetles are paraphyletic with respect to ant-like stone beetles. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, 47: 299–300.
Grebennikov, V.V.; Newton, A.F. 2009: Good-bye Scydmaenidae, or why the ant-like stone beetles should become megadiverse Staphylinidae sensu latissimo (Coleoptera). European journal of entomology, 106: 275–301.
I.Löbl & A.Smetana (eds). 2004 Catalogue of Palearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 2: Hydrophiloidea-Staphylinoidea.
Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark ISBN 87-88757-74-9, p. 203
Newton, A.F.; Franz, H. 1998: World catalog of the genera of Scydmaenidae (Coleoptera). Koleopterologische rundschau, 68: 137–165. ISSN: 0075-6547
O'Keefe, S.T. 1998. "Zur Kenntnis der Scydmaeniden der Welt": the contributions of Herbert Franz to scydmaenid taxonomy (1952-1997). Koleopterologische rundschau, 68: 119–136.
O'Keefe, S.T. 2000: Ant-like stone beetles, ants, and their associations (Coleoptera: Scydmaenidae; Hymenoptera: Formicidae; Isoptera). Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 108: 273–303.
O'Keefe, S.T. 2000: Nomenclatorial corrections for Latin American Scydmaenidae (Coleoptera: Staphylinoidea). Coleopterists bulletin, 54: 61–67.
O'Keefe, S.T. 2008: Catalog of the New World Scydmaenidae (Coleoptera: Staphylinoidea). University of California publications in entomology, 123.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Ameisenkäfer
English: ant-like stone beetles
한국어: 이끼벌레아과
lietuvių: Piktvabaliai
norsk: Perlebiller
русский: Сцидмениды