Phloeocharinae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Staphyliniformia
Superfamilia: Staphylinoidea

Familia: Staphylinidae
Subfamilia: Phloeocharinae
Genera (7): Charhyphus – Dytoscotes – Ecbletus – Phloeocharis – Phloeognathus – Pseudophloecharis – Vicelva

Name

Phloeocharinae Erichson, 1839: 612

Type genus: Phloeocharis Mannerheim, 1830.

Synonymy

Phloeocharini Erichson, 1839: 612 [original name]
Scotodytidae Saulcy, 1870: 90
Type genus: Scotodytes Saulcy, 1865 [syn. of Phloeocharis Mannerheim, 1830].

References
Primary references

Erichson, W.F. 1839. Die Käfer der Mark Brandenburg. Erster Band. Zweite Abtheilung. [pp. 385–740]. F.H. Morin, Berlin, viii + 740 pp. BHL Reference page. [see: p. 612]

Additional references

Chatzimanolis, S. et al. 2013: Remarkable stasis in a phloeocharine rove beetle from the Late Cretaceous of New Jersey (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). Journal of paleontology, 87 (2): 177–182. DOI: 10.1666/12-114.1
Herman, L.H. 2001: Catalog of the Staphylinidae (Insecta, Coleoptera): 1758 to the end of the second millennium. II. Tachyporine group. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, (265 ): 651–1066.

Phloeocharinae Erichson 1839 are a subfamily of Staphylinidae.[1]

Anatomy

Procoxae without mesal grove.
Abdominal tergites IV and V each with a pair of distinctive cuticular combs.
Hypopharynx distinctive.
Tarsi 5-5-5

Phloeocharis subtilissima

Ecology

Habitat: generally found in damp places, leaf litter, under bark.
Collection Method: sift/Berlese forest litter, barking, luck.
Biology: poorly known.

Systematics

Five genera and six species in North America. In Europe only the genus Phloeocharis, with 12 species mostly in the Mediterranean, only P. subtilissima widespread throughout Europe.
References

Newton, A. F., Jr., M. K. Thayer, J. S. Ashe, and D. S. Chandler. 2001. 22. Staphylinidae Latreille, 1802. p. 272–418. In: R. H. Arnett, Jr., and M. C. Thomas (eds.). American beetles, Volume 1. CRC Press; Boca Raton, Florida. ix + 443 p.

References

Newton, A. F., Jr., M. K. Thayer, J. S. Ashe, and D. S. Chandler. 2001. 22. Staphylinidae Latreille, 1802. p. 272–418. In: R. H. Arnett, Jr., and M. C. Thomas (eds.). American beetles, Volume 1. CRC Press; Boca Raton, Florida. ix + 443 p.