Subfamily Proteininae Erichson 1839 (rove beetle)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Full reference: W. F. Erichson. 1839. Die Käfer der Mark Brandenburg. Erster Band. Zweite Abtheilung 385-740
Parent taxon: Staphylinidae according to J. Jenkins Shaw et al. 2023
See also Bouchard et al. 2011, Cai et al. 2016, Cai et al. 2022 and Lawrence and Newton 1995
Sister taxa: Miosilpha, Silphinae, Nicrophorinae, Heterosilpha
Subtaxa: Proteinini Vetuproteinini
Type: Proteinus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (3: Washington collections)
• Eocene of Denmark (1)
• Cretaceous of Myanmar (1)
Total: 5 collections including 6 occurrences