Astenina

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Staphyliniformia
Superfamilia: Staphylinoidea

Familia: Staphylinidae
Subfamilia: Paederinae
Tribus: Lathrobiini
Subtribus: Astenina
Genera (4): Astenus - Nazeris – Sclerochiton – Stilicastenus

Name

Astenina Hatch, 1957: 151

Type genus: Astenus Dejean, 1833.

Synonymy

Suniina Sharp, 1886: 591 [based on a misidentified type genus]
Type genus: Sunius sensu Erichson, 1839 [not Sunius Stephens, 1829; syn. of Astenus Dejean, 1833].

References
Primary references

Hatch, M.H. 1957. The beetles of the Pacific Northwest. Part II : Staphyliniformia (with the collaboration of M. W. Sanderson & G. A. Marsh). University of Washington Publications in Biology 16(2): i–ix + 1–384. [original description: p. 151]