Pseudopsinae

Pseudopsinae
Pseudopsis sulcata "complex"
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Staphyliniformia
Family: Staphylinidae
Subfamily: Pseudopsinae
Ganglbauer, 1895

Pseudopsinae is a beetle subfamily of Staphylinidae. It was first described in 1895 by Ganglbauer[1]

Anatomy

  • longitudinal carinae or costae on the head, pronotum, elytra, and sometimes head.
  • fine stridulatory file one either side of the genital segment.
  • tarsi 5-5-5, one species 3-3-3.

Ecology

  • Habitat: found in fungi, forest leaf litter, flood debris, moss along streams, dung, and mammal nests.
  • Collection method: sift/Berlese leaf litter.
  • Biology: poorly known.

Systematics

Pseudopsinae contains 59 accepted species split between 6 genera.[2]

  • Asemobius
  • Cretaceonanobius
  • Cretopseudopsis
  • Nanobius
  • Pseudopsis
  • Zalobius

References

  1. โ†‘ Newton, A. F., Jr., M. K. Thayer, J. S. Ashe, and D. S. Chandler. 2001. 22. Staphylinidae Latreille, 1802. p. 272โ€“418. In: R. H. Arnett, Jr., and M. C. Thomas (eds.). American beetles, Volume 1. CRC Press; Boca Raton, FL. ix + 443 p.
  2. โ†‘ "Pseudopsinae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2026-08-30.
  • Pseudopsinae at Bugguide.net.