Kingdom Animalia Suborder Polyphaga Superfamily Staphylinoidea Rank Subfamily | Class Insecta Infraorder Staphyliniformia Phylum Arthropoda Order Beetle | |
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Similar Pseudopsinae, Oxyporinae, Steninae, Beetle, Piestinae | ||
The Euaesthetinae are a subfamily of the Staphylinidae (Coleoptera). These rove beetles have slender antennae with two or three apical antennomeres forming a loose club. The tarsi have 4-4-4 or 5-5-5 (5-5-4 in some exotic genera) segments. They are found in forest litter. Five genera and 22 species known from North America.
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