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mould, rotting fruit, animal excrement or decaying logs. Some are obligatory guests of ants or termites; others may be found in nests of small mammals or birds. A few are ectoparasites on mammals. Many are attracted to lights, particularly in the early evening, and they have been collected in considerable numbers flying at dusk. A few visit flowers apparently to feed on pollen. Although their habitats are quite varied, the large majority are predaceous both as larvae and adults on other insects, snails, etc. In the marine habitat they probably feed on crustaceans and other marine organisms as well as larvae of flies found in decaying seaweed, reefs and salt marshes.

Of the 30 or so subfamilies of the Staphylinidae, only 9 contain members which have been reported as regular inhabitants of the seashore (Moore, 1964e, 1967, 1973b). A list of the subfamilies with marine genera is given below. With 30,000 described species of Staphylinidae it has not been possible to search all of the enormous literature for possible references to marine species, so it is likely that we have not included all the, species.

LIST OF GENERA WITH MARINE MEMBERS

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Family STAPHYLINIDAE

Subfamily Aleocharinae Tribe Myllaenini Brachypronomaea Myllaena Actocharis Bryothinusa Halorhadinus Tribe Bolitocharini Arena Paractocharis Halmaeusa Corallis Phytosus Thinusa Liparocephalus Baeostethus Amblopusa Bryobiota Heterota Cameronium Diaulota Tribe Oligotini Oligota Tribe Diglottini Diglotta Tribe Myrmedoniini Falagria Tachyusa Myrrnecopora Drusilla Pontarnalota Acticola Atheta Halobrecta lotarphia Tarphiota Tribe Oxypodini Chilodera Oxypoda

Tribe Aleocharini Aleochara Subfamily Omaliinae Nesomalium Omaliomimus Micralymma Arpediomimus Omalium Subfamily Oxytelinae Thinobius Bledius Psamathobledius Microbledius Sartallus Carpelimus Oxytelus Subfamily Proteininae Proteinus Subfamily Xantholininae Hypnogyrus tricolor Subfamily Quediinae Heterothops Subfamily Paederinae Chetocephalus Medon Subfamily Xanthopyginae Thinopinus Hadropinus Hadrotes Subfamily Staphylininae Thinocafius Cafius Phucobius Orthidus Philonthus