Minimum (grey columns) and maximum (blue, red, green, and black columns) body lengths of Phlaeopterus species sorted from largest to smallest maximum length. Bars in blue are species with maximum body sizes over 8 mm; bars in red are species with maximum body sizes 6.5 to 7.9 mm with wide bodies; bars in black are species with maximum body sizes below 5 mm; the green bar is for P. elongatus with a maximum body size of 6.4 mm, with an elongate body. Data from Mullen et al. (2018) and Shavrin (2020).

 
 
  Part of: Sikes DS, Mullen LJ (2021) Phylogeny and evolution of large body size in the rove beetle genus Phlaeopterus Motschulsky, 1853 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae: Anthophagini). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 79: 75-98. https://doi.org/10.3897/asp.79.e62554