Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Synonyms: Platyprosopinae Lynch Arribálzaga 1884, Xantholininae Erichson 1839
Full reference: P. A. Latreille. 1802. Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes. 3:1-467
Parent taxon: Staphylinidae according to J. L. Reyes‐Hernández et al. 2025
See also Bouchard et al. 2011, Cai et al. 2014, Cai et al. 2022, Chatzimanolis et al. 2017, Chatzimanolis and Engel 2013, Herman 2001, Herman 2001, Jenkins Shaw et al. 2024, Jenkins Shaw et al. 2020, Kypke et al. 2018, Lawrence and Newton 1995, Tihelka et al. 2020, Żyła and Solodovnikov 2017 and Żyła and Solodovnikov 2020
Sister taxa: Miosilpha, Silphinae, Heterosilpha
Subtaxa: Arrowinini Coomaniini Cretoprosopus Diochini Megolisthaerus Othiini Paleothius Platyprosopini Staphylinini Tanygnathinini Thayeralinini Xantholinini
Type: Staphylinus
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