Pseudomedon obscurellus

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: Lathrobiini
Subtribus: Medonina
Genus: Pseudomedon
Species: Pseudomedon obscurellus

Name

Pseudomedon obscurellus (Erichson, 1840: 624)

Synonymy

• Lithocharis obscurella Erichson, 1840: 624 [original combination]
• Lithocharis brevipes Wollaston, 1860: 104 [synonym in Assing & Schulke 2006: 54]
• Scimbalium minimum Eppelsheim, 1888: 408 [comb. nov. ex Scymbalium, synonym in Assing 2008: 342; synonym of obscurellus in Assing 2008: 1253]
• Medon apfelbecki Bernhauer, 1899: 25 [syn. dido confirmed, Assing 2008: 342; syn. of obscurellus, Assing 2008: 1253]
• Pseudomedon mussardi Bordoni, 1980: 218 [synonym in Assing 2009: 1176]

Native distribution areas

• Europe, Russia (European), Turkey, Cyprus, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Azores, Madeira.
• [introduced] Australia, New Zealand, Chile, Canada (NS).

References

Primary references

• Erichson, W.F. 1840. Zweiter Band. Pp. 401–954. In: Genera et Species Staphylinorum, Insectorum Coleopterorum Familiae. Berlin: F.H. Morin, 954 pp. BHL Reference page.  [original description: p. 624]

Additional references

• Özgen, I. 2019. New and additional records of the family Staphylinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) from Eastern Anatolia, Turkey. International journal of fauna and biological studies 6(4): 119–122. PDF Reference page.  [material, distribution: p. 120]