A taxonomic review of Philippine Staphylininae and Oxytelinae associated
with rice agroecosystem was conducted in Luzon, Philippines. Four different sampling
methods were used namely: light trap, pitfall trap, sweep net sampling and visual sampling.
Eleven subfamilies of Staphylinidae associated with rice agroecosystem were recorded. A
total of ten genera and 26 species, including 6 undetermined species belonging to
Staphylininae and Oxytelinae were identified and recorded in Luzon, Philippines.
Checklist and key to the Philippine Staphylininae and Oxytelinae are provided.