Tribe Thoracophorini Reitter 1909 (rove beetle)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Synonym: Lispinini Bernhauer and Schubert 1910
Parent taxon: Osoriinae according to S. Yamamoto 2025
See also Blackwelder 1942, Bouchard et al. 2011, Cai and Huang 2015, Cai et al. 2016, Herman 2001, Ortega-Blanco et al. 2013 and Yamamoto et al. 2024
Sister taxa: Eleusinini, Leptochirini, Osoriini, Sinolispinodes
Subtaxa: Clavilispinina Lispinina Lispinomimus Paleosorius Thoracophorina
Type: Thoracophorus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (1 collection)
• Eocene of India (1), the Russian Federation (1)
• Cretaceous of Myanmar (2)
Total: 5 collections including 8 occurrences