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Xantholinini

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Xantholinini
Waitatia bellicosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Staphyliniformia
Family: Staphylinidae
Subfamily: Staphylininae
Tribe: Xantholinini
Erichson, 1839[1]
Genera

141 genera (see text)

Xantholinini is a tribe of rove beetle.[2][3]

Description

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Xantholinini are small- to medium-sized short-winged beetles (from 2 mm to 2 cm) that are long and slender, short-legged, and shiny. The head is relatively long and narrow. Xantholinini live on the ground, in bedding, under rocks. The narrow body shape and short legs make them suitable for moving through narrow aisles. They are predatory beetles that eat other small arthropods. The tribe Xantholinini is represented in all zoogeographical regions.[3][4][5]

Genera

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There are about 141 genera:[2]

References

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  1. ^ Erichson, W.F. 1839. Erster Band. Pp. 1–400. In: Genera et species Staphylinorum insectorum coleopterorum familiae. Berlin: F.H. Morin, viii + 954 pp. + 5 pls.
  2. ^ a b "Xantholinini Erichson, 1839". BioLib.cz. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
  3. ^ a b Bordoni, Arnaldo (2016). "Revision of the Afrotropical Xantholinini (Coleoptera Staphylinidae)" (PDF). Biodiversity Journal. 7 (4): 389–894.
  4. ^ Smetana, Aleš (1982). "Revision of the subfamily Xantholininae of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)". The Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada. 114 (S120): 1–389. doi:10.4039/entm114120fv.
  5. ^ Bordoni, Arnaldo (2002). Xantholinini della regione orientale (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae): classificazione, filogenesi e revisione tassonomica. Torino: Museo regionale di scienze naturali. ISBN 88-86041-45-4. OCLC 51939401.
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