Pseudopsinae

Pseudopsinae
Pseudopsis sulcata "complex"
Scientific 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

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.

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

References

External links

Wikispecies has information related to Pseudopsinae .

• Pseudopsinae at Bugguide.net.