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Dasycerinae
	Dasycerus bicolor
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Staphyliniformia
Family:	Staphylinidae
Subfamily:	Dasycerinae; Reitter, 1887
Genera
	1 extant genus, 3 extinct; see text.

Dasycerinae is a subfamily of rove beetles.^[1] Dasycerinae currently only contains 1 extant genus and 3 extinct genera.^[2]

Genera

There are currently 4 described genera in Dasycerinae:^[2]

†Cedasyrus Yin & Cai, 2020
Dasycerus Brongniart, 1800
†Protodasycerus Yamamoto, 2016
†Vetudasycerus Cai, Thayer, Newton, Yin & Huang, 2018

(† = extinct)

Anatomy

They have antennae with 11 segments and trisegmented antennal clubs. The tarsi have three segments, and the elytra cover or nearly cover the entire abdomen.

Ecology

These beetles inhabit moist broadleaf forest litter.^[3] Eastern species are wingless with small eyes; dissected females have only been found with a single egg. They are known to occur on fruiting fungi, but may not specifically feed on them.

References

^ Newton, A. F., Jr., M. K. Thayer, J. S. Ashe, and D. S. Chandler. 2001. 22. Staphylinidae Latreille, 1802. p. 272–418. In: R. H. Arnett, Jr., and M. C. Thomas (eds.). American beetles, Volume 1. CRC Press; Boca Raton, Florida. ix + 443 p.
^ ^a ^b Yin, Zi-Wei; Lü, Liang; Yamamoto, Shûhei; Thayer, Margaret K.; Newton, Alfred F.; Cai, Chen-Yang (2021). "Dasycerine rove beetles: Cretaceous diversification, phylogeny and historical biogeography (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Dasycerinae)". Cladistics. 37 (2): 185–210. doi:10.1111/cla.12430. ISSN 1096-0031. PMID 34478187.
^ Ferro, M. L., M. L. Gimmel, K. E. Harms, and C. E. Carlton. 2012a. Comparison of the Coleoptera communities in leaf litter and rotten wood in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA. Insecta Mundi 259: 1–58. [1]