PSELAPHINAE Latreille, 1802
(short-winged mould beetles)

PSELAPHINAE (short-winged mould beetles) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

PSELAPHINAE (short-winged mould beetles) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

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Brachygluta
a genus of short-winged mould beetles
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SubfamilyPSELAPHINAE (short-winged mould beetles)
FamilySTAPHYLINIDAE (rove beetles)
SuperfamilySTAPHYLINOIDEA (rove, sexton and featherwing beetles)
Series Staphyliniformia (burying beetles, carrion beetles, rove beetles etc.)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for PSELAPHINAE (short-winged mould beetles)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Freude, H., Harde, K.W. & Lohse, G.A. (Eds.) Die Käfer Mitteleuropas. Band 5: Staphylinidae II (Hypocyphtinae und Aleocharinae), Pselaphidae Die Käfer Mitteleuropas, Vol 5, Goecke & Evers, Krefeld
Pearce, E.J. 1957 Coleoptera (Pselaphidae) Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol IV Pt 9, 32pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

PSELAPHINAE (short-winged mould beetles) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to PSELAPHINAE (short-winged mould beetles):

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