Diochini

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Diochini
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Staphylinidae
Subfamily: Staphylininae
Tribe: Diochini
(Casey, 1906)

Diochini is a tribe of rove beetles in the family Staphylinidae. There are at least 2 genera and 84 described species in Diochini.[1][2]

Genera[edit]

Coomania was a member of the tribe until 2020, when it was moved to its own monotypic tribe Coomaniini.[1][3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Diochini Casey, 1906 | COL". www.catalogueoflife.org. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Diochini Casey, 1906". www.biolib.cz. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
  3. ^ Tihelka, Erik; Thayer, Margaret K.; Newton, Alfred F.; Cai, Chenyang (4 March 2020). "New Data, Old Story: Molecular Data Illuminate the Tribal Relationships among Rove Beetles of the Subfamily Staphylininae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)". Insects. 11 (3): 164. doi:10.3390/insects11030164. ISSN 2075-4450. PMC 7143346. PMID 32143338. The morphology of Coomania is peculiar. While it was previously placed in Diochini, it differs markedly from Diochus in the broad and strongly trapezoidal head (though with an exceptionally narrow neck, as in Diochus), broad pronotum, and a generally parallel-sided body. It further differs from all Staphylininae in having a cylindrical abdomen without paratergites [39]. Based on its distinctiveness, the genus was recently placed in its own subfamily by Żyła and Solodovnikov [21].