Stenus communis

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 communis

Name

Stenus communis Puthz, 2025: 292 [nom. nov.]

Synonymy

• Dianous freyi Benick, 1940: 573 [org. comb.]
  • Stenus communis Puthz, 2025: 292 [nom. nov. for the preoccupied Dianous freyi L. Benick, 1940: 573 (nec Stenus freyi L. Benick, 1921: 146)]
• Dianous klapperichi Benick, 1942: 76 [syn. Puthz, 2016]

Native distribution areas

China (Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi, Anhui, Hunan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan).

References

Primary references

• 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.  [nom. nov.: p. 292]
• Benick, L. 1940. Ostpaläarktische Steninen (Col. Staph). Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft 30(2): 559–575. [original description: p. 573]
• Puthz, V. 2016. Übersicht über die Arten der Gattung Dianous Leach group II (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) 347. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Steninen. [Synopsis of the species of the genus Dianous Leach group II. (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae).] Linzer biologische Beiträge 48(1): 705–778. Full article (PDF) Reference page.  [syn. nov.: p. 745]

Additional references

• Shuai, Q. & Tang, L. 2019. The genus Dianous in Zhejiang, East China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). Zootaxa 4706(2): 275–295. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4706.2.4 . Reference page.  [material, distribution: p. 289, figs. 19, 20, 98–105, 115, 119]