Megalinus japonicus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Staphylinoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa 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: Staphylininae
Tribus: Xantholinini
Genus: Megalinus
Species: Megalinus japonicus

Name

Megalinus japonicus (Sharp, 1874: 52)

• Type locality: Japan.

Synonymy

• Xantholinus japonicus Sharp, 1874: 52
  • Lepidophallus japonicus – Bordoni, 1997: 176
  • Megalinus japonicus – Bordoni, 2008: 58

References

Primary references

• Sharp, D. 1874. The Staphylinidae of Japan. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London [22(1)]: 1–103. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1874.tb00159.x BHL Reference page.  [original description: p. 52]

Additional references

• Bordoni, A. 2003. Contributo alla conoscenza degli Xantholinini della Cina. II. (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). 125° contributo alla conoscenza degli Staphylinidae. [Contribution to the knowledge of Xantholinini from China. II. (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae).] Fragmenta entomologica 34: 255–292. Reference page.  [Lepidophallus; note: p. 269]
• Bordoni, A. 2009. Xantholinini della Cina, della Regione Orientale e dell'Australia. Nuove specie e nuovi dati geonemici (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). 177° contributo alla conoscenza degli Staphylinidae. [Xantholinini of China, eastern region and Australia. New species and new genome data (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae).] Fragmenta entomologica 41(1): 87–111. DOI: 10.4081/fe.2009.84 Reference page.  [material, note: p. 92]
• Zhou, Y.-L., Bordoni, A. & Zhou, H.-Z. 2013. Taxonomy of the genus Megalinus Mulsant & Rey (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Xantholinini) and seven new species from China. Zootaxa 3727(1): 1–66. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3727.1.1 Reference page.  [material, distribution, remarks: p. 43, figs. 13A–H, 13-1A–H]