Apateticinae

Apateticinae
Apatetica princeps
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Staphyliniformia
Family: Staphylinidae
Subfamily: Apateticinae
Fauvel, 1895
Genera[1]

Apateticinae is a subfamily of rove beetles that was first described by Fauvel in 1895.[1] It contains 34 species split between two genera. They are found primarily in east Asia, with a few instances of them being spotted in south Asia.[2]

Genera and species

There are 27 species assigned to the genus Apatetica, with one being provisionally accepted:[1]

  • A. angusticollis Chang, Schillhammer & Tang, 2024 (provisionally accepted)
  • A. aspera Assing, 2018
  • A. birmana Cameron, 1930
  • A. brunnipes Ritsema, 1879
  • A. caeruleipennis Cameron, 1930
  • A. callosa Jansson, A., 1946
  • A. confusa Assing, 2018
  • A. curtipennis Assing, 2018
  • A. gibba Assing, 2018
  • A. glabra Assing, 2018
  • A. glaucipennis Assing, 2018
  • A. intermedia Cameron, 1930
  • A. javanica (Sharp, 1892)
  • A. laevicollis Fauvel, 1904
  • A. lebioides Westwood, 1848
  • A. nitiduloides Westwood, 1864
  • A. princeps (Sharp, 1874)
  • A. rotundicollis Fauvel, 1904
  • A. semiviolacea Fauvel, 1904
  • A. siamensis Lewis, 1893
  • A. sikkimi Fauvel, 1895
  • A. sparsicollis Fauvel, 1904
  • A. spinipennis (Frivaldszky, J., 1883)
  • A. sulcata Madge, 1980
  • A. sumatrana Cameron, 1930
  • A. viridipennis Fauvel, 1895
  • A. xuyuhaoi Chang, Schillhammer & Tang, 2025

There are eight species assigned to the genus Nodynus:[1]

  • N. huapingensis Chang, Schillhammer & Tang, 2025
  • N. kasaharai Hayashi, Y., 2002
  • N. leucofasciatus Lewis, 1879
  • N. nitidus Waterhouse, C. O., 1876
  • N. rubrofasciatus Jansson, A., 1946
  • N. silphoides Jansson, A., 1946
  • N. unicolor Jansson, A., 1946
  • N. yeren Rougemont, 2015

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Apateticinae Fauvel, 1895". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 2026-08-15.
  2. ↑ "Apateticinae Fauvel, 1895". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2026-08-15.