Staphyliniformia

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
Superfamiliae: Histeroidea – Hydrophiloidea – Scarabaeoidea – Staphylinoidea

Agyrtidae – Belohinidae – Diphyllostomatidae – Epimetopidae – Georissidae – Geotrupidae – Glaphyridae – Glaresidae – Helophoridae – Histeridae – Hybosoridae – Hydraenidae – Hydrochidae – Hydrophilidae – Leiodidae – Lucanidae – Ochodaeidae – Passalidae – Pleocomidae – Ptiliidae – Scarabaeidae – Scydmaenidae – Silphidae – Spercheidae – Sphaeritidae – Staphylinidae – Synteliidae – Trogidae – †Lithoscarabaeidae – †Paralucanidae

Staphyliniformia Lameere, 1900

• Scarabaeiformia Crowson, 1960

• Cai, C., Tihelka, E., Giacomelli, M., Lawrence, J.F., Ślipiński, A., Kundrata, R., Yamamoto, S., Thayer, M.K., Newton, A.F., Leschen, R.A.B., Gimmel, M.L., Lü, L., Engel, M.S., Bouchard, P., Huang, D., Pisani, D. & Donoghue, P.C.J. 2022. Integrated phylogenomics and fossil data illuminate the evolution of beetles. Royal Society Open Science 9: 211771. DOI: 10.1098/rsos.211771 . [Supplemental material] Reference page.  [sensu nov.]
• Lameere, A. 1900. Notes pour la classification des coléoptères. Annales de la Société entomologique de Belgique 44: 355–377. BHL.

• Beutel, R.G.; Leschen, R.A.B. 2005: Phylogenetic analysis of Staphyliniformia (Coleoptera) based on characters of larvae and adults. Systematic entomology, 30: 510–548. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2005.00293.x
• Caterino, M.S.; Hunt, T.; Vogler, A.P. 2005: On the constitution and phylogeny of Staphyliniformia (Insecta: Coleoptera). Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 34: 655–672.
• Gerlach, J. 2009: Series Scarabaeiformia. Pp. 79-86 in: Gerlach, J. (ed.) The Coleoptera of the Seychelles Islands. Pensoft Publishers, Sofia-Moscow. ISBN 9789546424983 [as Scarabaeiformia]
• Krell, F.-T. 2007: Catalogue of fossil Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera: Polyphaga) of the Mesozoic and Tertiary – Version 2007 –. Denver Museum of Nature and Science technical report, 2007-8: 1–79. PDF [as Scarabaeiformia]
• McKenna, D.D., Farrell, B.D., Caterino, M.S., Farnum, C.W., Hawks, D.C., Maddison, D.R., Seago, A.E., Short, A.E.Z., Newton, A.F. & Thayer, M.K. 2014 (Online) 2015 (Print). Phylogeny and evolution of Staphyliniformia and Scarabaeiformia: forest litter as a stepping stone for diversification of nonphytophagous beetles. Systematic Entomology 40(1): 35–60. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12093 Reference page. 
• Newton, A.F., jr.; Thayer, M.K. 1992: Current classification and family-group names in Staphyliniformia (Coleoptera). Fieldiana: zoology (n.s.), 67: 1–92.
• Catalogue of Palearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 2 ed. I. Lobl, & A. Smetana, Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark, 2004 ISBN 87-88757-74-9, p.36
• Scholtz, C.H.; Grebennikov, V.V. 2005: 12. Scarabaeiformia/13. Scarabaeoidea. Pp. 345-425 in: Beutel, R.G. & Leschen, R.A.B. (volume eds.) Coleoptera, Beetles. Volume 1: Morphology and systematics (Archostemata, Adephaga, Myxophaga, Polyphaga partim). In: Kristensen, N.P. & Beutel, R.G. (eds.) Handbook of zoology. A natural history of the phyla of the animal kingdom. Volume IV. Arthropoda: Insecta. Part 38. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. [as Scarabaeiformia]
• Smith, A.B.T. 2006: A review of the family-group names for the superfamily Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) with corrections to nomenclature and a current classification. Coleopterists Society monograph, 5: 144–204.PDF [as Scarabaeiformia]

• Browne, D. Jonathan and Clarke H. Scholtz 1995. Scarabaeiformia. Scarabaeoidea. Scarabs, stag beetles, dung beetles, rain beetles, etc. Version 01 January 1995 (under construction) in The Tree of Life Web Project [as Scarabaeiformia]
• Atlas of beetles of Russia: the superfamily SCARABAEOIDEA [as Scarabaeiformia]

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