Taxacom: Silphidae (large carrion beetles) now Staphylinidae: Silphinae

[Derek Sikes]

All,

New publication out today to help explain why the family Silphidae is now a
subfamily of Staphylinidae (a change formally proposed first by Hatch 1927
and most recently by Cai et al. 2022).

Large carrion and burying beetles evolved from Staphylinidae (Coleoptera,
Staphylinidae, Silphinae): a review of the evidence"
<https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fzookeys.pensoft.net%2Farticle%2F122835%2F&data=05%7C02%7Ctaxacom%40lists.ku.edu%7Cdd65dc133ec9416e968708dc6f98b75b%7C3c176536afe643f5b96636feabbe3c1a%7C0%7C0%7C638507948924158613%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=s3N5CceEA9wQuUELMmyhkSY50IrqzRxCwi51WKmMhuQ%3D&reserved=0> was published in ZooKeys,
doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1200.122835.

The evidence is strong in support of this change. Sorry for all the updates
needed to textbooks, entomology course materials, field guides, names
databases, websites, and specimen collection labels etc!

Derek

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