# Cafius

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{{short description|Genus of beetles}}
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| taxon = Cafius
| authority = Curtis, 1826
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'''''Cafius''''' is a genus of relatively large rove beetles in the family [Staphylinidae](/source/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](/source/Cafius_aguayoi)'' <small>Bierig, 1934</small>
* ''[Cafius bistriatus](/source/Cafius_bistriatus)'' <small>Er.</small>
* ''[Cafius canescens](/source/Cafius_canescens)'' <small>(Mäklin, 1852)</small>
* ''[Cafius femoralis](/source/Cafius_femoralis)''
* ''[Cafius lithocharinus](/source/Cafius_lithocharinus)'' <small>(LeConte, 1863)</small>
* ''[Cafius luteipennis](/source/Cafius_luteipennis)'' <small>Le Conte</small>
* ''[Cafius nauticus](/source/Cafius_nauticus)'' <small>(Fairmaire, 1849)</small>
* ''[Cafius seminitens](/source/Cafius_seminitens)'' <small>Horn</small>
* ''[Cafius sulcicollis](/source/Cafius_sulcicollis)'' <small>(LeConte, 1863)</small>

== References ==
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==Further reading==
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* [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.
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Category:Staphylininae

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