Nordus major

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: Xanthopygina
Genus: Nordus
Species: Nordus major

Name

Nordus major (Bernhauer, 1905: 186)

• Type locality: PERU: Pachitea;.
• Lectotype: FMNH, ♂, M. Bernhauer Collection. [designated by Chatzimanolis, 2004: 29]

Synonymy

• Brachydirus major Bernhauer, 1905: 186 [original combination]
  • Nordus major — Herman, 2001: 3580

References

Primary references

• Bernhauer, M. 1905. Neue Staphyliniden aus Südamerika. Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift 1905: 177–187. [original description: p. 186]
• Herman, L.H. 2001. Catalog of the Staphylinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera). 1758 to the end of the second millennium. VI. Staphylinine group (Part 3). Staphylininae: Staphylinini (Quediina, Staphylinina, Tanygnathinina, Xanthopygina), Xantholinini. Staphylinidae incertae sedis. Fossils, Protactinae†. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 265: 3021–3840. hdl: 2246/5831 Reference page.  [comb. nov., distribution: p. 3580]

Additional references

• Chatzimanolis, S. 2004. A revision of the neotropical genus Nordus Blackwelder (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Xanthopygina). Entomologische Abhandlungen 62(1): 3–64. PDF Reference page.  [lectotype, material, redescription, diagnosis, distribution, remarks: p. 29, figs. 16, 38, 85, 194–197]