Scaphisoma

Scaphisoma
Scaphisoma agaricinum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Staphyliniformia
Family:	Staphylinidae
Genus:	Scaphisoma Leach, 1815
Synonyms
Scaphosoma Agassiz, 1846 Caryoscapha Ganglbauer, 1899 Scaphiomicrus Casey, 1900 Pseudoscaphosoma Pic, 1915 Scutoscaphosoma Pic, 1916 Scaphella Achard, 1924 Macrobaeocera Pic, 1925 Macroscaphosoma Pic, 1928 Mimoscaphosoma Pic, 1928 Metalloscapha Löbl, 1975

Scaphisoma is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Staphylinidae.

The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.

There are 770 known species in the genus. These include:

• Scaphisoma ablutum Löbl, 2015
• Scaphisoma absurdum Löbl, 1986
• Scaphisoma iridescens Löbl & Ogawa, 2016
• Scaphisoma jacobsoni Löbl, 1975
• Scaphisoma jacqi Löbl & Ramage, 2022
• Scaphisoma hilarum von Groll, 2025
• Scaphisoma infinitum von Groll, 2025
• Scaphisoma minutipenis Löbl & Ogawa, 2016
• Scaphisoma mutabile von Groll, 2025
• Scaphisoma peculiare von Groll, 2025
• Scaphisoma repandum Casey, 1893

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