Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Full reference: W. F. Erichson. 1839. Genera et Species Staphylinorum Insectorum Coleopterorum Familiae 1-400
Parent taxon: Staphylinidae according to S. Yamamoto 2025
See also Blackwelder 1942, Bouchard et al. 2011, Cai and Huang 2015, Cai et al. 2022, Herman 2001, Lawrence and Newton 1995, Ortega-Blanco et al. 2013, Yamamoto 2019, Yamamoto 2023 and Yamamoto et al. 2024
Sister taxa: Miosilpha, Silphinae, Heterosilpha
Subtaxa: Eleusinini Leptochirini Osoriini Sinolispinodes Thoracophorini
Type: Osorius
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Tanzania (1 collection)
• Miocene of China (1), the Dominican Republic (1), New Zealand (1)
• Eocene of India (1), the Russian Federation (1)
• Cretaceous of Myanmar (5)
Total: 11 collections including 19 occurrences