Histeroidea

Taxobox
name = Histeroidea


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Coleoptera
subordo = Polyphaga
infraordo = Staphyliniformia
superfamilia = Histeroidea
superfamilia_authority = Gyllenhal, 1808
subdivision_ranks = Families
subdivision =
Histeridae

Sphaeritidae

Synteliidae

Histeroidea is a superfamily of beetles in the infraorder Staphyliniformia.

Characteristics

Characteristic to Histeroidea are an accessory posterior ridge (locking device) behind the hind margin and presence of medial loop and apical hinge of wing. Elytra truncate, 1 ot 2 abdominal segments visible, abdominal 8th segment completely invaginated in the 7th segment. Antennae have 8 (seldom 7) segments preceding a club of fused segments. Ventral body surface glabrous.M.Hansen. Phylogeny and classification of the staphyliniform beetle families (Coleoptera). Biologiske Skrifter, Copenhagen, 1997]

ystematics

Some authors treat Histeroidea as a single family within the superfamily Hydrophiloidea (Hydrophiloidea "sensu lato"), as they seem to form a clade [R.G.Beutel, R.A.B.Leschen (2005) Phylogenetic analysis of Staphyliniformia (Coleoptera) based on characters of larvae and adultsSystematic Entomology 30 (4) , 510–548] . Three families are currently recognized:
*Histeridae
*Sphaeritidae
*Synteliidae

External links

* [http://www.tolweb.org/Histeroidea Tree of Life web project]

References