Meotica filiformis

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: Aleocharinae
Tribus: Oxypodini
Subtribus: Meoticina
Genus: Meotica
Species: Meotica filiformis

Name

Meotica filiformis (Motschulsky, 1860: 587)

Synonymy

• Phytosus filiform Motschulsky, 1860: 587 [original combination]
• Meotica (Cryptusa) capitalis Mulsant & Rey, 1873: 176 [synonym in Assing, 2019: 737]
• Meotica Soniae Bondroit, 1913: 299 [synonymy with M. capitalis by Vogel (1991)]
• Meotica orbicularis Benick, G., 1953: 60 [synonymy with M. capitalis by Vogel (1991)]
• Meotica Fageli Benick, G., 1953: 72 [synonym in Assing, 2019: 737]
• Meotica bohemica Benick, G., 1953: 73 [synonymy with M. capitalis by Vogel (1991)]
• Meotica clavata Benick, G., 1953: 63 [synonymy with M. capitalis by Vogel (1991)]
• Meotica Ermischi Benick, G., 1953: 68 [synonymy with M. capitalis by Vogel (1991)]
• Meotica apicalis Benick, G., 1953: 61 [synonymy with M. capitalis by Vogel (1991)]
• Meotica Hölzeli Benick, G., 1953: 62 [synonymy with M. capitalis by Vogel (1991)]
• Meotica globulosa Benick, G., 1953: 72 [synonymy with M. capitalis by Vogel (1991)]
• Meotica foveolata Benick, G., 1953: 69 [synonymy with M. capitalis by Vogel (1991)]
• Meotica (Meotica) bucephala Scheerpeltz, 1954: 152 [synonymy with M. apicalis by Muona (1991).]

Native distribution areas

Europe (AU BE CZ DE FI FR GB GE IR LA NL NR SP SV SZ UK), Russia (European), USA (CA).

References

Primary references

• Motschoulsky, V. de 1860. Énumération des nouvelles espèces de coléoptères rapportées de ses voyages. 3e partie. Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 33(2): 539–588. [original description: p. 587]
• Assing, V. 2019. The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51(2): 731–772. PDF Reference page.  [syn. nov., material, comment: p. 737, figs. 1-5]