Lordithon thoracicus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Staphylinoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda 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: Tachyporinae
Tribus: Mycetoporini
Genus: Lordithon
Species: Lordithon thoracicus
Subspecies: L. t. luridus – L. t. venustus

Name

Lordithon thoracicus (Fabricius, 1777: 242)

Synonymy

• Oxyporus thoracicus Fabricius, 1777: 242 [original combination]
• Oxyporus pygmaeus Fabricius, 1777: 242
• Staphylinus pallidus Rossi, P., 1792: 99
• Tachinus melanocephalus — Gravenhorst, 1802: 144 [misidentification, attributed to Paykull]
• Tachinus cincticollis Say, 1832: 51 [also 1834: 465; syn. Campbell 1982]
• Bolitobius discoideus Stephens, 1832: 175
• Bolitobius brunnipennis Stephens, 1832: 175
• Bolitobius marginalis Stephens, 1832: 174
• Bolitobius biguttatus Stephens, 1832: 175 [attributed to Kirby]
• Bolitobius intrusus Hampe, C., 1850: 349
• Boletobius distigma Fairmaire, 1852: 72
• Bolitobius nigriceps Gistel, 1857: 78 [also 1857: 590; synonym in Schülke 2004: 936]
• Boletobius pullus Solsky, 1871: 156
• Bolitobius occiduus Casey, 1885: 150 [synonym in Campbell 1982]

Native distribution areas

Europe, Ukraine, Russia (European, Siberia, Far East), Canary Is., Madeira, Morocco, Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey, Cyprus, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Japan, Canada, USA, Mexico.

References

Primary references

• Fabricius, J.C. 1777. Genera insectorum eorumque characteres naturales secundum numerum, figuram, situm et proportionem omnium partium oris adiecta mantissa specierum nuper detectarum. Mich. Friedr. Bartschii, Chilonii. 310 pp. BHL. Reference page.  [original description: p. 242]

Additional references

• Ban, Y-G., Jeong, W-J. & Ahn, K-J. 2019. Taxonomy of Korean Lordithon Thomson (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Tachyporinae). Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity 12(4): 545–557. DOI: 10.1016/j.japb.2019.09.011 Reference page.  [description, material, distribution, remarks: p. 556, figs. 1H, 9]