A of rove beetles (Staphylinidae) containing six tribes. Members are distinguished by slender with two or three antennomeres forming a loose club, and tarsal segmentation of 4-4-4 or 5-5-5 (5-5-4 in some ). Five genera and 22 are recorded from North America. The genus Octavius, primarily distributed in the Afrotropical region, has been subject to recent taxonomic revision in South Africa.
Identification
slender with two or three antennomeres forming a loose club; with 4-4-4 or 5-5-5 segmentation (5-5-4 in some ). These traits distinguish Euaesthetinae from other staphylinid .
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Habitat
Forest litter.
Distribution
North America (five , 22 ); Afrotropical region including South Africa (Mpumalanga, Limpopo Provinces, Maloti-Drakensberg and Golden Gate National Parks).
Sources and further reading
- BugGuide
- Wikipedia
- iNaturalist taxon
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Catalogue of Life
- On Octavius from Maloti-Drakensberg and Golden Gate National Parks, South Africa (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Euaesthetinae)
- Overview of Octavius of Mpumalanga and Limpopo Provinces, South Africa (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Euaesthetinae) with descriptions of eight new species