Paederus virgifer

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 virgifer

Name

Paederus (Megalopaederus) virgifer Assing, 2015: 67

• Type locality: TAIWAN: Chiai Hsien, Yushan N. P., MunLi Cliff, 2700 m.
• Holotype: Aleš Smetana private collection, ♂, 27.IV.1990, A. Smetana.
• Etymology: The specific epithet (Latin, adjective: carrying a rod) alludes to the rod-shaped basal internal structure of the aedeagus.

Synonymy

• Paederus kosempoensis var. fulvocaudatus, partim: Adachi (1939); misidentification.
• Paederus flavoterminatus, partim: Cameron (1949); misidentification.

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. 67, Figs. 3, 22, 41, 59, 83–86, 148–156, 226]