''Tomoglossa'' is a genus of

beetles Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...

belonging to the family

Staphylinidae The rove beetles are a family (Staphylinidae) of beetles, primarily distinguished by their short elytra (wing covers) that typically leave more than half of their abdominal segments exposed. With roughly 63,000 species in thousands of genera, the ...

. The genus was described in 1856 by

Ernst Gustav Kraatz Ernst Gustav Kraatz (13 March 1831 – 2 November 1909) was a German entomologist. He collected and described numerous beetles including Staphylinidae. Kraatz was born in Berlin on 13 March 1831. He studied law in the University of Heidelber ...

. The species of this genus are found in Europe and Northern America. Species: * '' Tomoglossa aegyptiaca'' Scheerpeltz, 1963 * '' Tomoglossa arizonica'' Gusarov, 2002

References

Aleocharinae {{staphylinidae-stub