Lithocharis nigriceps

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: Lithocharis
Species: Lithocharis nigriceps

Name

Lithocharis nigriceps Kraatz, 1859: 159

Synonymy

• Lithocharis changlingensis Li, 1992: 56 [syn. by Assing, 2016: 1136]

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. 159]
• Assing, V. 2015. A revison [revision] of the Lithocharis species of the Palaearctic, Oriental and Australian regions (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae: Medonina). Linzer biologische Beiträge 47(2): 1133–1178. Full article (PDF). Reference page.  [syn. nov., material, comment: p. 1136]

Additional references

• Assing, V. 2008. On the taxonomy and zoogeography of some Palaearctic Paederinae and Xantholinini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 40(2): 1237–1294. Full article (PDF) Reference page.  [See p. 1248, and figs. 3-5; Figs. referred in the caption to Lithocharis vilis!; lectotype designation]

Links

• Lithocharis nigriceps (Kraatz, 1859) - atlas of rove beetles (Staphylinidae) - photo by K.A. Grebennikov