Simplified Staphylinidae phylogenies from A Korte et al. (2004: fig. 3), Bayesian tree B Caterino et al. (2005: fig. 5) Bayesian tree C Hunt et al. (2007: fig. 2) Bayesian tree, with non-staphylinids removed, and D Grebennikov and Newton (2009: fig. 12) Bayesian tree, with non-staphylinids removed. Because Korte et al. (2004) was the only study to find the Silphinae external to the Staphylinidae A is our only figure that includes non-staphylinid OTUs. Silphinae indicated in red, asterisks indicate well-supported branches.