Hexamedon

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: Hexamedon
Species: H. marinus

Name

Hexamedon Lecoq, 2004: 170 [nom. nov.]

• Type species: Medon marinus Cameron, 1944, fixed by autotypy.

Synonymy

• Thalassomedon Lecoq 1987: 426 [preoccupied genus name, not Thalassomedon Welles, 1943 (Reptilia)]

References

Primary references

• Lecoq, J-C. 2004. Rectification homonymique d'un genre de Staphylin (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae). Nouvelle revue d'entomologie (n.s.) 21(2): 170. [nom. nov.: p. 170]
• Lecoq, J-C. 1987 [1986]. Les Paederinae des îles Mascareignes (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). Nouvelle revue d'entomologie (n.s.) 3(4): 417–437. [original description of Thalassomedon: p. 426]