Ctenistini is a tribe of ant-loving beetles in the family Staphylinidae. There are at least four genera and about six described species in Ctenistini.
The tribe was described in 1845 by Blanchard,Blanchard, E. 1845. Histoire des insectes, traitant de leurs moeurs et de leurs métamorphoses en général, et comprenant une nouvelle classification fondée sur leurs rapports naturels. Hyménoptères et Coléoptères. Paris : Didot Vol. 1 v, 396 pp., . and the type genus is Ctenistes Reichenbach, 1816.
Genera These five genera belong to the tribe Ctenistini: Atinus Horn, 1868 i c g b Biotus Casey, 1887 i c g b Ctenisis Raffray, 1890 i c g b Ctenisodes Raffray, 1897 i c g b Centrotoma Heyden, C., 1849 c Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net
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