{{short description|Genus of beetles}} {{Automatic Taxobox | image = Cafius algophilus.jpg | image_caption = ''Cafius algophilus'' | display_parents = 2 | taxon = Cafius | authority = Curtis, 1826 }}
'''''Cafius''''' is a genus of relatively large rove beetles in the family Staphylinidae. There are about 8 described species in ''Cafius'' found in North America, and approaching 50 globally.<ref name=bugref>{{cite web|url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/56320|title=''Cafius'' Genus Information|website=BugGuide.net|publisher=Iowa State University|accessdate=2018-01-25}}</ref><ref name=itis>{{cite web|url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=113427|title=''Cafius'' Report|website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System|accessdate=2018-01-25}}</ref>
==Species== * ''Cafius aguayoi'' <small>Bierig, 1934</small> * ''Cafius bistriatus'' <small>Er.</small> * ''Cafius canescens'' <small>(Mäklin, 1852)</small> * ''Cafius femoralis'' * ''Cafius lithocharinus'' <small>(LeConte, 1863)</small> * ''Cafius luteipennis'' <small>Le Conte</small> * ''Cafius nauticus'' <small>(Fairmaire, 1849)</small> * ''Cafius seminitens'' <small>Horn</small> * ''Cafius sulcicollis'' <small>(LeConte, 1863)</small>
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==Further reading== {{refbegin}} * [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?name=Cafius NCBI Taxonomy Browser, ''Cafius''] * Arnett, R. H. Jr., and M. C. Thomas (eds.). (2001). ''American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniaformia''. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida {{ISBN|0-8493-1925-0}}. * {{Cite book| author = Ross H. Arnett| date = 30 July 2000| title = American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico| publisher = CRC Press| isbn = 978-0-8493-0212-1}} * Richard E. White. (1983). ''Peterson Field Guides: Beetles''. Houghton Mifflin Company. {{refend}} {{-}}
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Category:Staphylininae
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