Ctenistini

Ctenistini
Ctenistes palpalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Staphyliniformia
Family: Staphylinidae
Supertribe: Pselaphitae
Tribe:
Blanchard, 1845

Ctenistini is a tribe of ant-loving beetles in the family Staphylinidae. There are at least four genera and about six described species in Ctenistini.[1]

The tribe was described in 1845 by Blanchard,[2][3] and the type genus is Ctenistes Reichenbach, 1816.[2]

Genera

These five genera belong to the tribe Ctenistini:

Data sources: i = ITIS,[4] c = Catalogue of Life,[5] g = GBIF,[6] b = Bugguide.net[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Ctenistini Tribe Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
  2. ^ a b "Tribe Ctenistini Blanchard, 1845". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Government. Retrieved 2025-07-15.
  3. ^ Blanchard, E. 1845. Histoire des insectes, traitant de leurs moeurs et de leurs métamorphoses en général, et comprenant une nouvelle classification fondée sur leurs rapports naturels. Hyménoptères et Coléoptères. Paris : Didot Vol. 1 v, 396 pp., [306].
  4. ^ "ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System". Retrieved 2018-04-22.
  5. ^ "Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2018-04-22.
  6. ^ "GBIF". Retrieved 2018-04-22.

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