Megalinus ruficaudatus

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 ruficaudatus

Name

Megalinus ruficaudatus (Cameron, 1932: 27)

• Type locality: Darjeeling: Debrepani, alt. 6000 feet.

Synonymy

• Xantholinus ruficaudatus Cameron, 1932: 27
• Lepidophallus ruficaudatus — Bordoni, 2002: 645
• Megalinus ruficaudatus — Bordoni, 2008: 58

References

Primary references

• Cameron, M. 1932. The fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Coleoptera. Staphylinidae. Vol. 3: xiii + 1–443. London: Taylor and Francis. [original description: p. 27]

Additional references

• 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: p. 54]