Staphylininae are a subfamily of rove beetles (family Staphylinidae). They contain the typical rove beetles with their long but fairly robust blunt-headed and -tipped bodies and short elytra, as well as some more unusually-shaped lineages.
Systematics
As it seems, the Staphylininae are part of a large clade together with the subfamilies Euaesthetinae, Leptotyphlinae, Megalopsidiinae, Oxyporinae, Paederinae, Pseudopsinae, Scydmaeninae, Solieriinae, Steninae, and the extinct Protactinae which are only known from fossils.
The numerous Staphylininae genera are divided into six tribes, listed below along with some notable genera. However, a scientific study in 2020 proposed moving all tribes except Staphylinini to other subfamilies and raising several of Staphylinini's subtribes to tribal level. This would result in a new total of twelve tribes: Acylophorini, Afroquediini, Amblyopinini, Antimerini, †Baltognathini, Cyrtoquediini, Erichsoniini, Hyptiomini, Indoquediini, Quediini, Staphylinini and Tanygnathinini.
Coomaniini Żyła & Solodovnikov, 2019 Coomania Cameron, 1939 Diochini Casey, 1906 Antarctothius Coiffait & Saiz Diochus Erichson, 1839 Diochus electrus Chatzimanolis & Engel, 2011 (Lutetian, Baltic amber) Maorothiini Othiini C.G.Thomson, 1859 Platyprosopini Lynch, 1884 Staphylinini Latreille, 1802 (including Philonthini, Tanygnathinini) Cafius Creophilus Creophilus maxillosus – hairy rove beetle Eucibdelus Euryporus Erichson, 1839 Flohria Gabrius Indoquedius Jurecekia Ocypus Ocypus olens – devil's coach-horse beetle Ocypus ophthalmicus Ontholestes Paederomimus Philonthus Philonthus cognatus Quedius Quedius curtipennis Quedius fuliginosus Rabigus Mulsant & Rey, 1876 Rhynchocheilus Staphylinus Stevensia Thinopinus – pictured rove beetle Velleius Leach, 1819 Velleius dilatatus (Fabricius, 1787) Xantholinini Erichson, 1839 Gyrohypnus Leach, 1819 Leptacinus Erichson, 1839 Leptacinus intermedius Donisthorpe, 1935 Xantholinus Erichson, 1839
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