{{Short description|Genus of beetles}} {{Automatic taxobox | display_parents = 2 | taxon = Maorothius | authority = (Assing, 2000) }}
thumb | right | alt=A Holotype for Maorothius pubescens (Assing, 2000), collected 20 January 1962, Waitotara, Wanganui, New Zealand. | Holotype for Maorothius pubescens (Assing, 2000), collected 20 January 1962, Waitotara, Wanganui, New Zealand. '''''Maorothius '''''is a genus of rove beetles in the family Staphylinidae, subfamily Staphylininae.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Assing |first=Volker |date=2000-04-11 |title=A taxonomic and phylogenetic revision of Maorothiini trib. n. from the New Zealand subregion |url=https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Beitraege-zur-Entomologie_50_0003-0064.pdf |journal=Beiträge zur Entomologie |volume=50 |via=Zoological-Botanical Database}}</ref>
== Species == There are 20 species described in ''Maorothius.'' All species are found in New Zealand.<ref name=":0" />
* ''Maorothius adustus'' <small>(Broun, 1880)</small> * ''Maorothius brevispinosus'' <small>(Assing, 2000)</small> * ''Maorothius brookesi'' <small>(Cameron, 1952)</small> * ''Maorothius brouni'' <small>(Steel, 1949)</small> * ''Maorothius coalitus''<small>(Assing, 2000)</small> * ''Maorothius dispar'' <small>(Assing, 2000)</small> * ''Maorothius effeminatus'' <small>(Assing, 2000)</small> * ''Maorothius hamifer'' <small>(Assing, 2000)</small> * ''Maorothius hammondi'' <small>(Assing, 2000)</small> * ''Maorothius insulanus'' <small>(Assing, 2000)</small> * ''Maorothius longispinosus'' <small>(Assing, 2000)</small> * ''Maorothius pectinatus'' <small>(Assing, 2000)</small> * ''Maorothius pubescens'' <small>(Assing, 2000)</small> * ''Maorothius puncticeps'' <small>(Broun, 1894)</small> * ''Maorothius setiger'' <small>(Assing, 2000)</small> * ''Maorothius solus'' <small>(Assing, 2000)</small> * ''Maorothius tonsor'' <small>(Assing, 2000)</small> * ''Maorothius torquatus'' <small>(Assing, 2000)</small> * ''Maorothius tridens'' <small>(Assing, 2000)</small> * ''Maorothius volans'' <small>(Assing, 2000)</small>
== References == {{Reflist}}
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Category:Staphylinidae genera Category:Staphylininae
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