Staphylinidae Subfamilies of North America North of Mexico

The rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) are the largest beetle family with over 52,000 species worldwide. The family is divided into 32 subfamilies, 26 of which are found in the new world. The purpose of this key is to facilitate identification of adult North American staphylinids to subfamily.

The key is largely based on Moore and Legner (1979), Newton et al. (2001), and O’Keefe (2001).

Questions, comments, corrections, etc. should be emailed to Mike at [email protected].

Key Author(s): Michael L. Ferro, Margaret K. Thayer, Alfred F. Newton, Jr., and Jong-Seok Park. Key Version: 1.0