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Staphyliniform Beetles
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Staphyliniform Beetles

Staphyliniformia

Staphyliniformia is a large infraorder of beetles. It contains over 60,000 described species from all regions of the world. Most species occur in moist habitats - various kinds of rotting plant debris, fungi, dung, carrion, many live in fresh water.

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3 branches of this group, most-observed first

Rove, Ant-like stone, and Carrion Beetles

superfamilyStaphylinoidea

Water Scavenger and Clown Beetles

superfamilyHydrophiloidea

Hister and False Clown Beetles

superfamilyHisteroidea

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 372870.