Proteininae

Proteininae
Megarthrus americanus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Staphyliniformia
Family:	Staphylinidae
Subfamily:	Proteininae Erichson, 1839

Proteininae is a subfamily of Staphylinidae. It was first described in 1839 by Erichson.

Anatomy

• Broad bodied.
• Small, under 3 mm.
• Elytra long, covering first visible abdominal tergite.
• Tarsi 5-5-5 in NA, 4-4-4 in some southern hemisphere taxa.

• 
  Megarthrus americanus
• 
  Proteinus sp.

Ecology

• Habitat: found in fungi, under bark, in decaying vegetation, forest leaf litter.
• Collection method: sift/Berlese leaf litter.
• Biology: saprophages or mycophages.

Systematics

There are currently 248 accepted species split between the following 13 genera:

• Alloproteinus
• Anepius
• Austrorhysus
• Eupsorus
• Megarthroides
• Megarthus
• Metopsia
• Mesoneus
• Paranesoneus
• Proteinus
• Quedius(provisionally accepted)
• Silphotelus
• †Vetuproteinus

References

External links

Wikispecies has information related to Proteininae.

• Proteininae at Bugguide.net.

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