Towards a phylogeny of the Staphylinidae tribe Athetini based on molecular and morphological characters

摘要

The subfamily Aleocharinae is one of the major lineages of the beetle family Staphylinidae, counting about 12 000 species and 1000 genera world wide. The subfamily is universally recognized and well delimited, but within the subfamily several conflicting classifications reign, and no comprehensive studies have been done on the phylogeny of the group.