Euaesthetinae

Euaesthetinae
Euaesthetus sp.
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Staphyliniformia
Family: Staphylinidae
Subfamily: Euaesthetinae
Thomson, 1859
Tribes
  • Alzadaesthetini Scheerpeltz, 1974
  • Austroesthetini Cameron, 1944
  • Euaesthetini Thomson, C. G., 1859
  • Nordenskioldiini Bernhauer & Schubert, 1911
  • Stenaesthetini Bernhauer & Schubert, 1911
  • Stictocraniini Jakobson, 1914

The Euaesthetinae are a subfamily of the Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) containing six tribes.

These rove beetles have slender antennae with two or three apical antennomeres forming a loose club. The tarsi have 4-4-4 or 5-5-5 (5-5-4 in some exotic genera) segments. They are found in forest litter. Five genera and 22 species known from North America.

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