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Xantholinini

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Xantholinini
Waitatia bellicosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Staphylinidae
Subfamily: Staphylininae
Tribe: Xantholinini
Erichson, 1839
Genera

Xantholinini is a tribe of rove beetle.[1]

Description

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Small and medium-sized short-winged beetles (from 2 mm to 2 cm), long and slender, short-legged, shiny. The head is relatively long and narrow. Xantholinini live on the ground, in bedding, under rocks. The narrow body shape and short legs make them suitable for moving through narrow aisles. Predatory beetles that eat other small arthropods. The tribe Xantholinini is represented by many revisions of the Afrotropical Xantholinini (Coleoptera Staphylinidae) 391 genera and large number of species in all zoogeographical regions.[2][3][4]

References

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  1. ^ Erichson, W.F. 1839. Erster Band. Pp. 1–400. In: Genera et species Staphylinorum insectorum coleopterorum familiae. Berlin: F.H. Morin, viii + 954 pp. + 5 pls.
  2. ^ Bordoni A. Revision of the Afrotropical Xantholinini (Coleoptera Staphylinidae). Biodiversity journal. pp. 389–894. ISSN 2039-0394.
  3. ^ Smetana, Aleš. "REVISION OF THE SUBFAMILY XANTHOLININAE OF AMERICA NORTH OF MEXICO (COLEOPTERA: STAPHYLINIDAE)". The Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada. 114 (S120): 1–389. doi:10.4039/entm114120fv. ISSN 0071-075X.
  4. ^ Bordoni, Arnaldo (2002). Xantholinini della regione orientale (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) : classificazione, filogenesi e revisione tassonomica. Torino: Museo regionale di scienze naturali. ISBN 88-86041-45-4. OCLC 51939401.
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