Megalinus metallicus

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 metallicus

Name

Megalinus metallicus (Fauvel, 1895: 243)

• Type locality: Bírmanie, Carin Asciuii Ghécu, 1400–1500 m.

Synonymy

• Xantholinus metallicus Fauvel, 1895: 243
  • Megalinus metallicus — Shibata, 1973: 55
  • Lepidophallus metallicus — Coiffait, 1982: 26
• Xantholinus aeneus Cameron, 1943: 127
• Xantholinus assamensis Cameron, 1932: 27
• Xantholinus niger Cameron, 1926: 343

Native distribution areas

Pakistan, India (Assam, SD, UP), Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, China (Chongqing, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan), Taiwan.

References

Primary references

• Fauvel, A. 1895. Staphylinides nouveaux de l’Inde et de la Malaisie. Revue d’Entomologie 14: 180–286. BHL [original description: p. 243]

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; material (China), note: p. 268]
• 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. 90, 92, 101]
• Bordoni, A. 2009. Contribution to the knowledge of the Xantholinini of China. XIV. Nudobius linanensis n. sp. fom Zhejiang, notes and new records of some interesting species (Insecta Coleoptera Staphylinidae). 194^th contribution to the knowledge of Staphylinidae. Quaderno di studi e notizie di storia naturale della Romagna 28: 105–109. PDF Reference page.  [material, notes: p. 108]
• Bordoni, A. 2011. New data and records on Xantholinini of Taiwan collected by Aleš Smetana, with description of new species (Coleoptera Staphylinidae) – 225^th Contribution to the knowledge of the Staphylinidae. Redia 94: 25–33. PDF Reference page.  [material, distribution: p. 27]
• Bordoni, A. 2012. New data on the Oriental Xantholinini. 29°. New species and new records from Taiwan of the Hungarian Natural History Museum of Budapest (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). 234° contribution to the knowledge of the Staphylinidae. Linzer biologische Beiträge 44(2): 1053–1056. PDF Reference page.  [material, distribution: p. 1054]
• Bordoni, A. 2013. New data on the Xantholinini from China. 24. New genus, new species and new records of the Shanghai Normal University collection (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). 244° contribution to the knowledge of the Staphylinidae. Linzer biologische Beiträge 45(2): 1745–1797. Full article (PDF) Reference page.  [material, distribution: p. 1759]
• Bordoni, A. 2018. New data on the xantholinini from the oriental region. 43. New species and new records (coleoptera staphylinidae). (273^th Contribution to the knowledge of the Staphylinidae). Redia 101: 129–135. PDF Reference page.  [material (“Indochine”), distribution: p. 133]
• 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. 45, figs. 14A–H, 14-1A–H]