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Parent Taxon

• Staphylinidae

Sibling Taxa

• Actinus
• Belonuchus
• Bisnius
• Cafius
• Chroaptomus
• Endeius
• Erichsonius
• Flohria
• Gabrius
• Gabronthus
• Hasumius
• Hesperus
• Jurecekia
• Laetulonthus
• Leptopeltus
• Leucitus
• Musicoderus
• Mysolius
• Neobisnius
• Orthidus
• Paederomimus
• Philonthoblerius
• Philonthus
• Proxenobius
• Rabigus
• Remus
• Taxiplagus
• Thinocafius
• Trapeziderus
• Trapeziderus imitator
• Trapeziderus koreanus

Child Taxa

• Cafius aguayoi
• Cafius algophilus
• Cafius australis
• Cafius bistriatus
• Cafius bisulcatus
• Cafius canescens
• Cafius caribeanus
• Cafius catenatus
• Cafius corallicola
• Cafius decipiens
• Cafius femoralis
• Cafius lithocharinus
• Cafius litoreus
• Cafius luteipennis
• Cafius maritimus
• Cafius nauticus
• Cafius opacus
• Cafius pacificus
• Cafius puncticeps
• Cafius quadriimpressus
• Cafius sabulosus
• Cafius seminitens
• Cafius sulcicollis
• Cafius velutinus
• Cafius xantholoma

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