Scaphidiinae

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: Scaphidiinae
Tribus (4): Cypariini - Scaphiini - Scaphidiini - Scaphisomatini

Genera overview: Afroscaphium – Alexidia – Amalocera – Amaloceromorpha – Ascaphium – Baeocera – Baeoceridium – Baeoceroides – Baeoceroxidium – Bertiscapha – Birocera – Bironium – Brachynoposoma – Brachynopus – Cerambyciscapha – Collartium – Curtoscaphosoma – Cyparium – Diatelium – Episcaphium – Euscaphidium – Irianscapha – Kasibaeocera – Kathetopodion – Mordelloscaphium – Nesoscapha – Notonewtonia – Paratoxidium – Persescaphium – Pseudobironiella – Pseudobironium – Sapitia – Scaphicoma – †Scaphidiopsis – Scaphidium – Scaphischema – Scaphisoma – Scaphium – Scaphobaeocera – Scaphoxium – †Seniaulus – Sphaeroscapha – Spinoscapha – Termitoscaphium – Toxidium – Tritoxidium – Vickibella – Vituratella – Xotidium – Zinda
Name

Scaphidiinae Latreille, 1806: 3

Type genus: Scaphidium A. G. Olivier, 1790.

Synonymy

Scaphidilia Latreille, 1806: 3 [original name]

References
Primary references

Latreille, P.A. 1806 [1807]. Genera crustaceorum et insectorum secundem ordinem naturalem in familias disposita, iconibus exemplisque plurimis explicata. Tomus secundus. Parisiis et Argentorati: A. Koenig, 280 pp. BHL Reference page. [original description: p. 3]

Additional references

Csiki, E. 1910: Scaphidiidae. Coleopterorum catalogus, 13: 1–21.
Leschen, R.A.B.; Löbl, I. 1995: Phylogeny of Scaphidiinae with redefinition of tribal and generic limits (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Revue suisse de Zoologie, 102: 425–474.

Scaphidiinae is a subfamily of Staphylinidae.[1]

Anatomy

Broadly oval, compact, long slender legs.
Elytra long, cover all but last few abdominal segments
Tarsi 5-5-5.

Ecology

Habitat: found on fungi, and slime molds.
Collection Method: check fungi and slime molds.
Biology: entire subfamily is mycophagous, most diverse in the tropics.

Systematics

Seven genera and 70 species in North America.

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.