Scopaeus decipiens

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Staphylinoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota 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: Paederinae
Tribus: Lathrobiini
Subtribus: Scopaeina
Genus: Scopaeus
Species: Scopaeus decipiens

Name

Scopaeus decipiens Kraatz, 1859: 131

• Type locality: Sri Lanka.
• Lectotype: DEI, ♂, Coll. Kraatz [designated in Frisch, 2025].

Synonymy

• Scopaeus decipiens Kraatz, 1859: 131 [org. comb.]
  • [synonymized with] Scopaeus velutinus Motschulsky, 1858 [syn. by Fauvel (1904: 53)]
  • Scopaeus decipiens (Kraatz); Frisch, 2025: 185 [stat. res.]

Native distribution areas

Sri Lanka.

References

Primary references

• Kraatz, G. 1859. Die Staphylinen-Fauna von Ostindien, insbesondere der Insel Ceylan. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 25(1): 1–193, plates 1–3. BHL Reference page.  [original description: p. 131]

Additional references

• Frisch, J. 2025. The Scopaeus decipiens species group from the East Palaearctic and the Oriental Regions, with redescription of S. velutinus Motschulsky, 1858 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae: Lathrobiini). Zootaxa 5693(2): 179–200. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5693.2.3 . Reference page.  [records, stat. res., lectotype, redescription, distribution: p. 185, figs. 9–11, 27–29, 58]

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