An overview of dichotomous keys for the superfamily Staphylinoidea
This section includes identification keys covering the individual families within the superfamily Staphylinoidea. The table contains information on identification keys found in online resources, publications, computer applications or published articles.
| Staphylinoidea |
POLYPHAGA
Staphylinoidea (Latreille, 1802)
Agyrtidae (C.G. Thomson, 1859)
| Focus | Region | Source | Language | Description |
| Agyrtidae | CEE | web: Coleonet.de | DE | Dichotomous keys have been compiled for a significant proportion of the Coleoptera of Central Europe. |
| Agyrtidae | RU | book: Nikolajev, 2002 | RU | Carrion beetles (Coleoptera: Agyrtidae, Silphidae) of Kazakhstan, Russia and a number of neighboring countries |
| Agyrtidae | CZ,SK | book: Šustek, 1981 | CZ | Mrchožroutovití Československa |
Colonidae (G.H. Horn, 1880 (1859))
| Focus | Region | Source | Language | Description |
| Colonidae | CEE | web: Coleonet.de | DE | Dichotomous keys have been compiled for a significant proportion of the Coleoptera of Central Europe. |
| Colonidae | UK | web: Mikes Insect Keys | EN | Dichotomous keys have been compiled for a significant proportion of the Coleoptera of Great Britain, including an introductory key to the families. |
| Colonidae | PL | book: Jałoszyński, 2007 | PL | Catopidae, Colonidae, Leptinidae i Platypsyllidae in Poland |
| Colonidae | UK | book: Szymczakowski, 1969 | EN | Klucze do oznaczania owadow Polski: Chrząszcze - Coleoptera (Colonidae) |
Hydraenidae (Mulsant, 1844)
| Focus | Region | Source | Language | Description |
| Hydraenidae | CEE | web: Coleonet.de | DE | Dichotomous keys have been compiled for a significant proportion of the Coleoptera of Central Europe. |
| Hydraenidae | UK | web: Mikes Insect Keys | EN | Dichotomous keys have been compiled for a significant proportion of the Coleoptera of Great Britain, including an introductory key to the families. |
| Hydraenidae | SP.PT | book: Valladares, 2018 | SP | Fauna Iberica, Vol. 44, Coleoptera: Hydraenidae |
Leiodidae (Fleming, 1821)
| Focus | Region | Source | Language | Description |
| Leiodidae | CEE | web: Coleonet.de (Leiodidae) web: Coleonet.de (Cholevinae) web: Coleonet.de (Coloninae) web: Coleonet.de (Platypsyllinae) |
DE | Dichotomous keys have been compiled for a significant proportion of the Coleoptera of Central Europe. |
| Leiodidae | UK | web: Mikes Insect Keys | EN | Dichotomous keys have been compiled for a significant proportion of the Coleoptera of Great Britain, including an introductory key to the families. |
| Leiodidae | PL | book: Jałoszyński, 2007 | PL | Catopidae, Colonidae, Leptinidae i Platypsyllidae in Poland |
| Leiodidae | World | book: Jeannel, 1936 | FR | Monographie Des Catopidae |
| Leiodidae | PL | book: Nunberg, 1987 | PL | Klucze do oznaczania owadow Polski: Chrząszcze - Coleoptera (Leiodidae) |
| Leiodidae | PL | book: Szymczakowski, 1961 | PL | Klucze do oznaczania owadow Polski: Chrząszcze - Coleoptera (Catopidae) |
Ptiliidae (Erichson, 1845)
| Focus | Region | Source | Language | Description |
| Ptiliidae | CEE | web: Coleonet.de | DE | Dichotomous keys have been compiled for a significant proportion of the Coleoptera of Central Europe. |
| Ptiliidae | UK | web: Mikes Insect Keys | EN | Dichotomous keys have been compiled for a significant proportion of the Coleoptera of Great Britain, including an introductory key to the families. |
Staphylinidae (Latreille, 1802)
| Focus | Region | Source | Language | Description |
| Staphylinidae | CEE | web: Coleonet.de (Staphylinidae) web: Coleonet.de (Pselaphinae) web: Coleonet.de (Silphinae) |
DE | Dichotomous keys have been compiled for a significant proportion of the Coleoptera of Central Europe. |
| Staphylinidae | UK | web: Mikes Insect Keys | EN | Dichotomous keys have been compiled for a significant proportion of the Coleoptera of Great Britain, including an introductory key to the families. |
| Paederinae, Euaesthetinae |
PAL | book: Coiffait, 1984 | FR | Coléoptères Staphylinides de le Région Paléartique Occidentale, Sous Famille Paederinae Tribu Paederini, Sous Famille Euaesthetinae |
| Staphylinidae | PAL | book: Gildenkov, 2014 | CZ | translation from the article: New Synonymy and Nomenclature Types for Palaearctic Species from Genuses Thinodromus and Carpelimus (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Oxytelinae), Key to the subgenera of Carpelismus |
| Staphylinus | PL | book: Jaloszynski, 2015 | PL | Klucz obrazkowy do Staphylinus Polski (illustrated key) |
| Scaphidiinae | PL | book: Löbl, 1970 | PL | Klucze do oznaczania owadow Polski: Chrząszcze - Coleoptera (Scaphidiidae) |
| Pselaphinae | UK | book: Pearce, 1957 | EN | Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects (Coleoptera: Pselahidae) |
| Steninae | PL | book: Szujecki, 1961 | PL | Klucze do oznaczania owadow Polski: Chrząszcze - Coleoptera (Staphylinidae): Steninae |
| Euaesthetinae, Paederinae |
PL | book: Szujecki, 1965 | PL | Klucze do oznaczania owadow Polski: Chrząszcze - Coleoptera (Staphylinidae): Euaesthetinae, Paederinae |
| Xantholininae | PL | book: Szujecki, 1976 | PL | Klucze do oznaczania owadow Polski: Chrząszcze - Coleoptera (Staphylinidae): Xantholininae |
| Staphylininae | PL | book: Szujecki, 1980 | PL | Klucze do oznaczania owadow Polski: Chrząszcze - Coleoptera (Staphylinidae): Staphylininae |
| Silphinae | CZ,SK | book: Šustek, 1981 | CZ | Scavenger beetles of Czechoslovakia |
| Piestinae to Euaesthetinae |
UK | book: Tottenham, 1954 | EN | Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), Section (a) Piestinae to Euaesthetinae |
| Lordithon | CEE | article: Kocian, 1996 | CZ | The male genitalia of central European species of the genus Lordithon (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Tachyporinae) |
