Rugilus japonicus

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: Stilicina
Genus: Rugilus
Subgenus: Eurystilicus
Species: Rugilus japonicus

Name

Rugilus (Eurystilicus) japonicus Watanabe, 1961: 351

• Type locality: Timor, Na nb. Abatu, junto a Rainbo [?].
• Holotype: NHMW, ♂, 17-II-65 R. N. F.

Synonymy

• Stilicus ferreirai Scheerpeltz, 1978: 200 [new synonym in Assing, 2012: 173]
• Stilicus bakeri Bernhauer, [in litteris; partim]

Native distribution areas

Japan (Izu Island), Ryukyu Island (Tanegashima, Yakushima, Amami-oshima, Okinawa), Taiwan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Philippines, Indonesia (Timor).

References

Primary references

• Watanabe, Y. 1961. The staphylinid-fauna of the middle and southern Izu islands. Journal of Agricultural Science, Tokyo. 6(4): 348–356. [original description: p. 351]
• Assing, V., 2012. The Rugilus species of the Palaearctic and Oriental regions (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde A 5: 115–190. PDF Reference page.  [syn. nov., material, comment, redescription, distribution: p. 173, figs. 234–244]

Additional references

• Assing, V. 2015. A revision of Palaearctic and Oriental Rugilus. V. Two new species from China and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 47(1): 73–82. Full article (PDF). Reference page.  [material, comment: p. 81]
• Assing, V. 2019. A revision of Palaearctic and Oriental Rugilus. VI. Two new species from China, a new synonymy, and additional records (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51(1): 5–20. PDF Reference page.  [records, comment: p. 17]
• Assing, V. 2020. A revision of Palaearctic and Oriental Rugilus VII. Two new species from China and Laos, and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Acta Musei Moraviae, scientiae biologicae 105(2): 145–152. PDF Reference page.  [material (Japan): p. 150]
• Senda, Y. & Nakamura, R. 2020. A Contribution to the Knowledge of the Staphylinid Fauna of Kume-jima Island, the Ryukyus, Japan (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). Elytra (n.s.) 10(1): 203–210. Reference page.  [material (Kume-jima), remarks: p. 206]