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Euaesthetinae

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Euaesthetinae
Euaesthetus sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Staphylinidae
Subfamily: Euaesthetinae
Thomson, 1859
Tribes

The Euaesthetinae are a subfamily of the Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) containing six tribes.[1]

These rove beetles have slender antennae with two or three apical antennomeres forming a loose club. The tarsi have 4-4-4 or 5-5-5 (5-5-4 in some exotic genera) segments. They are found in forest litter. Five genera and 22 species known from North America.

References

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  1. ^ "Euaesthetinae". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands.

Further reading

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  • Herman, L.H. 2001: Catalog of the Staphylinidae (Insecta, Coleoptera): 1758 to the end of the second millennium. IV. Staphylinine group (part 1) Euaesthetinae, Leptotyphlinae, Megalopsidiinae, Oxyporinae, Pseudopsinae, Solieriinae, Steninae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, (265): 1807–2440. [1]
  • 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, FL. ix + 443 p.
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Data related to Euaesthetinae at Wikispecies

  • Euaesthetinae at Bugguide.net. [2]