Ctenistini
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| Ctenistini | |
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| Ctenistes palpalis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Staphyliniformia |
| Family: | Staphylinidae |
| Supertribe: | Pselaphitae |
| Tribe: | Ctenistini Blanchard, 1845 |
Ctenistini is a tribe of ant-loving beetles in the family Staphylinidae. There are at least four genera and about six described species in Ctenistini.[1]
The tribe was described in 1845 by Blanchard,[2][3] and the type genus is Ctenistes Reichenbach, 1816.[2]
