Ctenistini

Ctenistini
	Ctenistes palpalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Staphyliniformia
Family:	Staphylinidae
Supertribe:	Pselaphitae
Tribe:	Ctenistini; Blanchard, 1845

Ctenistini is a tribe of ant-loving beetles in the family Staphylinidae. There are at least four genera and about six described species in Ctenistini.

The tribe was described in 1845 by Blanchard, and the type genus is Ctenistes Reichenbach, 1816.

Genera

These five genera belong to the tribe Ctenistini:

Atinus Horn, 1868^{i c g b}
Biotus Casey, 1887^{i c g b}
Ctenisis Raffray, 1890^{i c g b}
Ctenisodes Raffray, 1897^{i c g b}
Centrotoma Heyden, C., 1849 ^c

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

References

1 2 "Ctenistini Tribe Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
1 2 "Tribe Ctenistini Blanchard, 1845". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Government. Retrieved 2025-07-15.
↑ Blanchard, E. 1845. Histoire des insectes, traitant de leurs moeurs et de leurs métamorphoses en général, et comprenant une nouvelle classification fondée sur leurs rapports naturels. Hyménoptères et Coléoptères. Paris : Didot Vol. 1 v, 396 pp., [306].
↑ "ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System". Retrieved 2018-04-22.
↑ "Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2018-04-22.
↑ "GBIF". Retrieved 2018-04-22.

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[:0-2] 1 2 "Tribe Ctenistini Blanchard, 1845". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Government. Retrieved 2025-07-15.

[3] Blanchard, E. 1845. Histoire des insectes, traitant de leurs moeurs et de leurs métamorphoses en général, et comprenant une nouvelle classification fondée sur leurs rapports naturels. Hyménoptères et Coléoptères. Paris : Didot Vol. 1 v, 396 pp., [306].

[itis-4] "ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System". Retrieved 2018-04-22.

[catlife-5] "Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2018-04-22.

[gbif-6] "GBIF". Retrieved 2018-04-22.

Ctenistini

Ctenistes palpalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Staphyliniformia
Family:	Staphylinidae
Supertribe:	Pselaphitae
Tribe:	Ctenistini Blanchard, 1845

Ctenistini

Genera

References

Further reading