Athetini Explained

Athetini is a tribe of rove beetles in the family Staphylinidae. There are at least 50 genera and 430 described species in Athetini.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Taxonomy

Athetini is one of the most taxonomically complex tribes of Aleocharinae and the limits of the tribe and its internal relationships are the subject of ongoing study. Ecitocharini (Seevers, 1965), was previously considered its own tribe but was recovered as part of Athetini by a phylogenetic study and was therefore synonymized.^[4]

Further reading

• Book: Arnett . R.H. Jr.. Thomas . M. C.. Skelley . P. E.. Frank . J. H.. 2002. American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press.
• Book: Arnett . Ross H.. 2000. American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
• Brunke . A.. Marshall . S.. 2011. Contributions to the faunistics and bionomics of Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) in northeastern North America: discoveries made through study of the University of Guelph Insect Collection, Ontario, Canada. ZooKeys. 10.3897/zookeys.75.767. free . 21594139 . 75 . 3088045 . 29–68. 2011ZooK...75...29B.
• Majka . C.. Klimaszewski . J.. 2010. Contributions to the knowledge of the Aleocharinae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) in the Maritime Provinces of Canada. ZooKeys. 10.3897/zookeys.46.413. free . 46 . 15–39. 2010ZooK...46...15M.
• Klimaszewski . J.. Webster . R.. Savard . K.. 2009. First record of the genus Schistoglossa Kraatz from Canada with descriptions of seven new species (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae). ZooKeys. 10.3897/zookeys.22.153. free . 22 . 45–79. 2009ZooK...22...45K.
• Book: White . Richard E.. 1983. Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin.
• Klimaszewski . J.. McLean . J.. Li . A.. Savard . K.. 2009. Survey of rove beetles (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with new records and description of a new species. Part 1. ZooKeys. 10.3897/zookeys.22.86. free . 22 . 5–17. 2009ZooK...22....5M.
• Klimaszewski . J.. McLean . J.. Chandler . D.. Savard . K.. Li . A.. 2009. Survey of rove beetles (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with new records and description of a new species. Part 2. ZooKeys. 10.3897/zookeys.22.177. free . 22 . 19–33. 2009ZooK...22...19M.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Athetini Tribe Information. BugGuide.net. 2018-02-11.
2. Web site: Athetini Report. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 2018-02-11.
3. Web site: Athetini Overview. Encyclopedia of Life. 2018-02-11.
4. 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2012.00553.x . Molecular phylogeny of the Athetini–Lomechusini–Ecitocharini clade of aleocharine rove beetles (Insecta) . 2012 . Elven . Hallvard . Bachmann . Lutz . Gusarov . Vladimir I. . Zoologica Scripta . 41 . 6 . 617–636 . 23316099 . 3532658 .