Quedius nitipennis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Staphylinoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata 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: Staphylininae
Tribus: Staphylinini
Subtribus: Quediina
Genus: Quedius
Subgenus: Raphirus
Species: Quedius nitipennis

Name

Quedius (Raphirus) nitipennis (Stephens, 1833: 242)

Synonymy

• Raphirus nitipennis Stephens, 1833: 242 [original combination]
• Staphylinus attenuatus – Gyllenhal, 1810: 311
• Staphylinus 4-punctatus Zetterstedt, 1828: 76 [nomen oblitum, Herman 2001: 30]
• Raphirus rufipennis Stephens, 1833: 243
• Quedius fallaciosus Kraatz, 1862: 268
• Quedius (Raphirus) platyphthalmus Roubal, 1955: 129
• Quedius (Raphirus) khnzoriani acuminatus Coiffait, 1967: 423 [synonym in Solodovnikov 2004: 235]

Native distribution areas

Europe (CZ DE EN FI GB GE HU IC IR IT LA LT MC MD NR PL SV SZ UK), Russia (European), Georgia, Armenia, Turkey, Israel, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Iceland.

References

Primary references

• Stephens, J.F. 1833. Illustrations of British entomology; or, a synopsis of indigenous insects; containing their generic and specific distinctions; with an account of their metamorphoses, times of appearance, localities, food, and economy, as far as practicable. 5: 241–304 + pl. 27. London: Baldwin and Cradock. [original description: p. 242]

Additional references

• Salnitska, M. & Solodovnikov, A. 2019. Rove beetles of the genus Quedius (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) of Russia: a key to species and annotated catalogue. Zookeys, 847: 1–100. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.847.34049 Reference page.  [notes, Russia: p. 71, figs. 15J–L]