Afroquedius

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: Staphylininae
Tribus: Staphylinini
Subtribus: Afroquediina
Genus: Afroquedius
Species (4): A. brachelytrus – A. latitarsalis – A. sebastiani – A. sexpunctatus

Name

Afroquedius Solodovnikov, 2006: 1075

• Type species: Quedius (Sauridus) sexpunctatus Bernhauer, 1917, fixed by original designation.

Note

• Moved from Quediina to Staphylinini incertae sedis in Chatzimanolis et al., 2010.

References

Primary references

• Solodovnikov, A.Y. 2006. Revision and phylogenetic assessment of Afroquedius gen. nov. from South Africa: toward new concepts of the genus Quedius, subtribe Quediina and reclassification of the tribe Staphylinini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 99: 1065–1084. DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2006)99[1064:RAPAOA]2.0.CO;2 Reference page.  [original description: p. 1075]

Additional references

• Chatzimanolis, S., Cohen, I.M., Schomann, A.M. & Solodovnikov, A.Y. 2010. Molecular phylogeny of the mega-diverse rove beetle tribe Staphylinini (Insecta, Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). Zoologica scripta 39(5): 436–449. DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2010.00438.x Reference page.