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-2- 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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Subfamily Aleocharinae Tribe Myllaenini Halorhadinus
Tribe Bolitocharini Tribe Oligotini Tribe Diglottini Tribe Myrmedoniini Tribe Oxypodini |
Tribe Aleocharini Subfamily Omaliinae Subfamily Oxytelinae Oxytelus
Subfamily Proteininae Subfamily Xantholininae Subfamily Quediinae Subfamily Paederinae Subfamily Xanthopyginae Subfamily Staphylininae |