Stenus iwakisanus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Staphylinoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Staphyliniformia Superfamilia: Staphylinoidea

Familia: Staphylinidae
Subfamilia: Steninae
Genus: Stenus
Species: Stenus iwakisanus

Name

Stenus iwakisanus (Watanabe, 1984: 134)

• Type locality: (Mt. Iwaki) Aomori, Japan.
• Holotype: TUA, ♂, 26. viii. 1969, Coll. T. Kiuti.

Synonymy

• Dianous iwakisanus Watanabe, 1984: 134 [original combination]; Herman, 2001: 2022; Naomi & Puthz, 2013: 137
  • Stenus iwakisanus (Watanabe): Puthz, 2025: 288 [comb. nov. (as Stenus iwasikanus)]

Native distribution areas

Japan (Honshu).

References

Primary references

• Watanabe, Y. 1984. The brachypterous staphylinid beetles from the Tôhoku District, northeast Japan, with descriptions of four new species. Memoirs of the National Science Museum 17: 131–144. [original description: p. 134]
• Puthz, V. 2025. Taxonomische Konsequenzen der neueren Untersuchungen der Subfamilie Steninae Macleay (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) (378. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Steninen). Linzer biologische Beiträge 57(1): 285–310. PDF . Reference page.  [comb. nov.: p. 288]

Additional references

• Naomi, S.-I., Nomura, S. & Puthz, V. 2017. The subfamily Steninae Macleay, 1825 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) of Japan. Part 1. Dianous and Stenus (S. comma group to S. guttalis group). National Museum of Nature and Science Monographs [Tokyo] No. 46: 1–339. PDF. Reference page.  [redescription, remarks: p. 35, figs. 11A–E]