Paederus discurrens

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 discurrens

Name

Paederus (Megalopaederus) discurrens Assing, 2015: 85

• Type locality: TAIWAN: Taichung County, Dong-Shi, Basianshan National Forest, Recreation Area / N24°11.431 E121°00.890, 926 m.
• Holotype: BMNH(E) 2007-43, ♂, 27.v.2007, G. MARTIN & D. L. J. QUICKE.
• Etymology: The specific epithet is the present participle of the Latin verb discurrere (to run in a disordered or confused fashion) and alludes to the seemingly disordered arrangement of the internal structures of the aedeagus.

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. 85, Figs. 16, 35, 54, 72, 111–113, 207–211, 228]