Paederus aequilobatus

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: Paederinae
Tribus: Paederini
Subtribus: Paederina
Genus: Paederus
Subgenus: Megalopaederus
Species: Paederus aequilobatus

Name

Paederus (Megalopaederus) aequilobatus Assing, 2015: 72

• Type locality: TAIWAN: Pingtung Hsien, Peitawushan, Kuai-Ku Hut, 2125 m.
• Holotype: Volker Assing private collection, ♂, 21.V.1991, A. SMETANA.
• Etymology: The specific epithet (Latin, adjective) alludes to the subequal length of the parameres, one of the characters distinguishing this species from most other Taiwanese Megalopaederus species with a reddish and microsculptured pronotum.

References

Primary references

• Assing, V. 2015. A revision of the Megalopaederus species of Taiwan (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde (A) 8: 53–94. Full article (PDF) Reference page.  [original description: p. 72, Figs. 6, 25, 44, 62, 123–125, 166–170, 226]

Additional references

• Cheng, Z-F. & Peng, Z. 2019. A new species and additional records of brachypterous Paederus (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) of mainland China and Taiwan. Zootaxa 4686(1): 127–132. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4686.1.7 Reference page.  [material, comment: p. 128, fig. 1]