Ocypus olens

Ocypus olens, Portugal

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: Staphylinina
Genus: Ocypus
Species: Ocypus olens

Name

Ocypus (Ocypus) olens (Müller, 1764: 23)

• Type locality: Not cited.

Synonymy

• Staphylinus olens Müller, 1764: 23 [original combination]
• Ocypus olens — Curtis, 1829: 24
• Staphylinus major De Geer, 1774: 17
• Staphylinus unicolor Herbst, 1784: 149
• Goerius macrocephalus Stephens, 1832: 208 [preoccupied]
• Ocypus fulvopilosus Fiori, 1894: 90
• Ocypus meridionalis Fiori, 1894: 90
• Goerius aurulentus Lokay, 1921: 71
• Staphylinus azoricus Méquignon, 1942: 22

Native distribution areas

• Europe (AL AU BE BH CR CZ DE FR GB GE GR HU IR IT LA LU MD NL PL PT RO SK SP SV SZ), Russia, Turkey, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Mauritania.
• Introduced in Canary Is., Azores, Madeira, USA (CA, OR, WA), Mexico.

References

Primary references

• Müller, O.F. 1764. Fauna insectorum fridrichsdalina, sive Methodica descriptio insectorum agri fridrichsdalensis, cum characteribus genericis et specificis, nominibus trivialibus, locis natalibus, iconibus allegatis, novisque pluribus speciebus additis. xxiv + 96. Hafniae and Lipsiae: Frid. Gleditsch. [original description: p. 23]

Additional references

• Bordoni, A. 2013. New data on Staphylinidae of the Circumsicilian Islands and Heterothops canariensis new record for Italy. 196˚ contribution to the knowledge of Staphylinidae. Bollettino dell’Associazione Romana di Entomologia 68(1–4): 1–8. Reference page.  [records, note: p. 5]
• 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]

Vernacular names

беларуская: Стафілін пахучы
čeština: Drabčík smrdutý / veliký
dansk: Stor Rovbille
Deutsch: Schwarzer Moderkäfer
English: Devil's coach horse beetle
español: Escarabajo errante
suomi: Jättilyhytsiipi
français: Staphylin odorant
magyar: Bűzös holyva
Nederlands: Stinkende kortschildkever
русский: Стафилин пахучий
українська: Стафілін пахучий

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