Paederini

Paederini is a tribe of rove beetles.

The oldest known representative of Paederini is Cretobius fangornis. It was discovered in the Kachin State of Northern Myanmar inside Burmese amber.

Taxonomy

Subtribes

• Acanthoglossina
• Astenina
• Cryptobiina
• Cylindroxystina
• Dolicaonina
• Echiasterina
• Lathrobiina
• Medonina
• Paederina
• Scopaeina
• Stilicina
• Stilicopsina

Genera

There are currently 28 genera that belong to the tribe Paederini:

• Acalophaena <small>Sharp, 1886</small><span style="color:gray">^{g b}</span>
• Achenomorphus <small>Motschoulsky, 1858</small><span style="color:gray">^{g b}</span>
• Astenus <small>Dejean, 1833</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g b}</span>
• Biocrypta <small>Casey, 1905</small><span style="color:gray">^{g b}</span>
• Dacnochilus <small>Leconte, 1861</small><span style="color:gray">^{g b}</span>
• Echiaster <small>Erichson, 1839</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g b}</span>
• Eustilicus <small>Sharp, 1886</small><span style="color:gray">^{g b}</span>
• Homaeotarsus <small>Hochhuth, 1851</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g b}</span>
• Lathrobium <small>(Tetartoppeus) convolutum Watrous, 1980</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g b}</span>
• Lissobiops <small>Casey, 1905</small><span style="color:gray">^b</span>
• Lithocharis <small>Dejean, 1833</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g b}</span>
• Lobrathium <small>Mulsant & Rey, 1878</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g b}</span>
• Medon <small>(Platymedon) truncatum Hatch, 1957</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g b}</span>
• Megastilicus <small>Casey, 1889</small><span style="color:gray">^{g b}</span>
• Myrmecosaurus <small>Wasmann, 1909</small><span style="color:gray">^{g b}</span>
• Ochthephilum <small>Stephens, 1829</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g b}</span>
• Orus <small>Casey, 1885</small><span style="color:gray">^{g b}</span>
• Pachystilicus <small>Casey, 1905</small><span style="color:gray">^{g b}</span>
• Paederus <small>( Harpopaederus ) xui Peng & Li</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g b}</span>
• Pseudolathra <small>Casey, 1905</small><span style="color:gray">^{g b}</span>
• Rugilus <small>Leach, 1819</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g b}</span>
• Scopaeus <small>Erichson, 1839</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g b}</span>
• Sphaeronum <small>Sharp, 1876</small><span style="color:gray">^{g b}</span>
• Stamnoderus <small>Sharp, 1886</small><span style="color:gray">^{g b}</span>
• Stilicopsis <small>Sachse, 1852</small><span style="color:gray">^{g b}</span>
• Sunius <small>Stephens, 1829</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g b}</span>
• Tetartopeus <small>Czwalina, 1888</small><span style="color:gray">^{g b}</span>
• Thinocharis <small>Kraatz, 1859</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g b}</span>

<small>Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net</small>

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