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Histeroidea

Michael S. Caterino
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Relationships after Caterino & Vogler 2002.

Unless otherwise stated, the generic classifcation used throughout the staphylinoids in the ToL follows Newton and Thayer (2005).

Containing group: Polyphaga

References

Archangelsky, M. 1998. Phylogeny of Hydrophiloidea using characters from adult and preimaginal stages. Systematic Entomology 23: 9-24.

Caterino, M. S., and A. P. Vogler. 2002. The phylogeny of the Histeroidea. Cladistics 18(4):394-415.

Beutel, R. G. 1994. Phylogenetic analysis of Hydrophiloidea based on characters of the head of adults and larvae. Koleopterologische Rundschau 64: 103-131.

Beutel, R. G. 1999. Morphology and evolution of the larval head of Hydrophiloidea and Histeroidea. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 142: 9-30.

Hansen, M. 1991. The hydrophiloid beetles. Phylogeny, classification and a revision of the genera. Biologiske Skrifter 40: 1-368.

Hansen, M. 1995. Evolution and classification of the Hydrophiloidea - A systematic review. Pages 321-353 in Biology, Phylogeny, and Classification of the Coleoptera: Papers Celebrating the 80th Birthday of Roy A. Crowson (J. Pakaluk, and S. A. Slipinski, eds.). Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii PAN, Warsaw.Hansen, M. 1997. Phylogeny and classification of the staphyliniform beetle families. Biologiske Skrifter 48: 1-339.

Lawrence, J. F., and A. F. Newton. 1982. Evolution and classification of beetles. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 13:261-290.

Lawrence, J. F. and A. F. Newton. 1995. Families and subfamilies of Coleoptera (with selected genera, notes, references and data on family-group names). In J. Pakaluk and S. A. Slipinsky (eds), Families and subfamilies of Coleoptera (with selected genera, notes, references and data on family-group names). Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii PAN, Warsaw, pp. 779-1006.

Mamayev, B. M. 1974. The immature stages of the beetle Syntelia histeroides Lewis in comparison with certain Histeridae. Entomological Review 53: 98-101.

Newton, A. F., Jr. 1990. Larvae of Staphyliniformia (Coleoptera): where do we stand? Coleopterists Bulletin 44: 205-210.

Newton, A. F. 1991. Agyrtidae-Silphidae (pp. 324-341); Pselaphidae (pp. 353-355); Sphaeritidae-Histeridae (pp. 341-352). In F. W. Stehr (ed) Agyrtidae-Silphidae (pp. 324-341); Pselaphidae (pp. 353-355); Sphaeritidae-Histeridae (pp. 341-352). Kendall/Hunt, Dubuque.

Newton, A. F. 2001. Sphaeritidae. In R. H. Arnett and M. C. Thomas (eds), American Beetles. CRC Press, Boca Raton.

Newton, A. F., Jr. & M. K. Thayer. 1992. Current classification and family-group names in Staphyliniformia (Coleoptera). Fieldiana: Zoology (N. S.) 67: 1-92.

Newton, A. F. & M. K. Thayer. 2005 Catalog of higher taxa, genera, and subgenera of Staphyliniformia. Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History. URL: http://www.fieldmuseum.org/peet_staph/db_1a.html

Nikitsky, N. B. 1976b. On the morphology of a larva Sphaerites glabratus and the phylogeny of Histeroidea. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 55: 531-537.

Ohara, M. 1994. A revision of the superfamily Histeroidea of Japan. Insecta Mastumurana (N.S.) 51: 1-283.

Slipinski, S. A., and S. Mazur. 1999. Epuraeosoma, a new genus of Histerinae and phylogeny of the family Histeridae. Annales Zoologici (Warszawa) 49:209-230.

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Scientific Name Anapleus cyclonotus
Location India
Specimen Condition Dead Specimen
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Scientific Name Saprinus discoidalis
Location California
Specimen Condition Dead Specimen
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Caterino, Michael S. 2007. Histeroidea. Version 29 June 2007 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Histeroidea/9075/2007.06.29 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/

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