Megalinus scutellaris

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: Xantholinini
Genus: Megalinus
Species: Megalinus scutellaris

Name

Megalinus scutellaris (Fauvel, 1900: 228)

• Type locality: Turquie.

Synonymy

• Xantholinus scutellaris Fauvel, 1900: 228 [original combination]
  • Megalinus scutellaris — Coiffait, 1972: 213
• Lepidophallus denticulatus Bordoni, 2004 [syn. by Bordoni, 2008: 54]
  • Megalinus denticulatus (Bordoni, 2004)

Native distribution areas

Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey.

References

Primary references

• Fauvel, A. 1900. Staphylinides paléarctiques nouveaux. Revue d’Entomologie 19: 218–253. BHL [original description: p. 228]
• Bordoni, A. 2008. Lepidophallus Coiffait, 1956 is a synonym of Megalinus Mulsant & Rey, 1877 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Xantholinini). 184° contribution to the knowledge of Staphylinidae. Onychium 6: 54–59. PDF Reference page.  [syn. nov.: p. 54]

Additional references

• Örgel, S. & Tezcan, S. 2020. Additional records on the Staphylinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) fauna of Turkey. Munis entomology & zoology 15(2): 576–579. Abstract & PDF Reference page.  [material, distribution: p. 578]