Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Alternative spellings: Amblyopininae, Amblyopinini
Full reference: C. H. Seevers. 1944. A new subfamily of beetles parasitic on mammals. Staphylinidae, Amblyopininae. Field Museum of Natural History Zoological Series 28:155-172
Parent taxon: Tanygnathinini according to J. L. Reyes‐Hernández et al. 2025
See also Bouchard et al. 2011, Brunke et al. 2016, Chatzimanolis and Engel 2013, Herman 2001, Jenkins Shaw et al. 2020, Seevers 1944, Tihelka et al. 2020 and Żyła and Solodovnikov 2020
Sister taxa: Ctenandropina, Hyptiomina
Subtaxa: Heterothops Sphingoquedius
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of New Zealand (1 collection)
• Eocene of United States (2: Colorado)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence