Paederus

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: Paederini
Subtribus: Paederina
Genus: Paederus
Subgenera: Anomalopaederus – Eopaederus – Gnathopaederus – Harpopaederus – Heteropaederus – Megalopaederus – Neopaederus – Nepalopaederus – Oreinopaederus – Paederognathus – Poederomorphus – Pseudopaederus

Species overview: P. abdominalis – P. abnormalis – P. adelaidae – P. adiectus – P. adumbratus – P. aequabilis – P. aequilobatus – P. agnatus – P. ahrensi – P. albertisi – P. albipilis – P. albopubescens – P. alesi – P. alfierii – P. algiricus – P. aliiceps – P. almorensis – P. alternans – P. alticola – P. altivagans – P. alutaceus – P. alutipennis – P. alutithorax – P. amazonicus – P. amicus – P. amplicollis – P. andinus – P. anguinus – P. angulicollis – P. angusticeps – P. angustipennis – P. anmamontis – P. annapurnaensis – P. annexus – P. antennocinctus – P. anthracinus – P. antiquus – P. antoniensis – P. apfelsinicus – P. apteromelas – P. aquaticus – P. aquatilis – P. arabicus – P. arduus – P. argentatus – P. argentinus – P. armstrongi – P. arndti – P. arrowi – P. arrowianus – P. atriventris – P. atrocyaneus – P. aureipennis – P. australis – P. baeri – P. bagmatiensis – P. bakeri – P. bakerianus – P. balcanicus – P. balfourbrownei – P. banghaasi – P. basalis – P. basipes – P. basiventris – P. baudii – P. bayeri – P. beccarii – P. benicki – P. bernhauerianus – P. besucheti – P. bhutanicus – P. biacutus – P. bicoloriceps – P. bicoloripes – P. bilobus – P. birmanus – P. bivirgatus – P. blukwensis – P. bohemani – P. bolivianus – P. bonariensis – P. bonus – P. borailicus – P. borneensis – P. brandti – P. brasiliensis – P. braunsi – P. brevicollis – P. brevior – P. brevipennis – P. bruchi – P. brunneolus – P. bucculentus – P. buluensis – P. burgeoni – P. bursavacua – P. busalminensis – P. caffer – P. caligatus – P. cameroni – P. canonicus – P. capensis – P. capitalis – P. caprai – P. captus – P. cariniventris – P. carolinae – P. cartaginis – P. centralis – P. chalybeus – P. cheesmani – P. cheni – P. chimbuensis – P. chinensis – P. chopardi – P. coarctatus – P. coelestinus – P. coerulescens – P. colasi – P. colettae – P. collaris – P. colonus – P. columbinus – P. combustus – P. comorensis – P. compotens – P. condei – P. confusus – P. congoensis – P. conicipennis – P. conicollis – P. conspicuus – P. cooperi – P. copiosus – P. cordovensis – P. coriaceus – P. costaricensis – P. coxalis – P. crassicollis – P. cribricollis – P. cribripennis – P. crinitus – P. cruenticollis – P. cultellatus – P. cumanus – P. currax – P. curticeps – P. curticollis – P. curvatus – P. cyanellus – P. cyaneus – P. cyanocephalus – P. cyanopterus – P. daicongchaoi – P. dammermani – P. darfurensis – P. debilior – P. delkeskampi – P. densiventris – P. deplectens – P. describendus – P. discurrens – P. diversiceps – P. dollmani – P. doriae – P. drakensbergensis – P. drescheri – P. duplex – P. ecuadorensis – P. edentulus – P. edwardsi – P. eidmanni – P. elegans – P. elegantulus – P. elongatus – P. ertli – P. erythraeanus – P. erythroderus – P. excellens – P. excisissimus – P. eximius – P. extraneus – P. fageli – P. fastuosus – P. feae – P. femoralis – P. femoratus – P. ferreirai – P. ferus – P. fijiensis – P. filicornis – P. flaviceps – P. flavitarsis – P. flavocaudatus – P. flavoterminatus – P. floridanus – P. formosanus – P. freudei – P. freyi – P. frontalis – P. fruhstorferi – P. fulgidipennis – P. fulvicornis – P. fulvocaudatus – P. funebris – P. funereus – P. furcillatus – P. furcispinosus – P. fuscipes – P. fuscus – P. gabonicus – P. gebieni – P. gedyei – P. germairei – P. germanus – P. gestroi – P. gigas – P. globulicollis – P. goellnerae – P. gottschei – P. gowdeyi – P. gracilacutus – P. gracilior – P. gracilis – P. grandicollis – P. grandis – P. gratiosus – P. graueri – P. greeni – P. gressitti – P. gridellii – P. haematoderus – P. hagenensis – P. hartmanni – P. hebridensis – P. heynei – P. hiekei – P. himalayicus – P. hingstoni – P. hintzi – P. hlavaci – P. hornabrooki – P. horni – P. huonensis – P. ignotus – P. iheringi – P. ikelaensis – P. illiesi – P. imitator – P. impressipennis – P. incertus – P. incisus – P. inconspicuus – P. incurvatus – P. inexpectatus – P. insularis – P. intermedius – P. iowensis – P. irianensis – P. ismayi – P. itombwensis – P. jacobsoni – P. jaegeri – P. jamaicensis – P. jansei – P. janssensi – P. japonicus – P. jarrigeanus – P. javanus – P. jessoensis – P. jianyueae – P. jilongensis – P. junodi – P. kabarensis – P. kaindiensis – P. kakodanus – P. kambaitiensis – P. kamonoensis – P. kaszabi – P. katrinae – P. katubuensis – P. kilimandjarensis – P. kivuanus – P. kochi – P. koebelei – P. konfuzius – P. kopetzi – P. koreanus – P. kosempoensis – P. kozuensis – P. kraepelini – P. kuborensis – P. kundelungensis – P. kuntzeni – P. kurosawai – P. lacordairei – P. laensis – P. laetipes – P. laetus – P. lamottei – P. langei – P. laoticus – P. lasti – P. lateralis – P. laticeps – P. lativentris – P. lewisi – P. licenti – P. limnophilus – P. lineativentris – P. lineodenticulatus – P. lingualis – P. listeri – P. littoralis – P. littorarius – P. littoreus – P. lividus – P. loebli – P. lombockianus – P. longiceps – P. lootensi – P. luberensis – P. luctuosus – P. luffianus – P. luluensis – P. luridiventris – P. maai – P. macellus – P. machadoanus – P. machadoi – P. madagascariensis – P. madudanus – P. mafuluensis – P. magniceps – P. magnificus – P. magnus – P. malaisei – P. malus – P. mandibularis – P. mangolae – P. marcuzzii – P. margelanicus – P. mariepskopensis – P. marshalli – P. martensi – P. mateui – P. maynei – P. megascutum – P. melampus – P. melanogaster – P. melanopus – P. memnonius – P. mesopotamicus – P. methneri – P. mexicanus – P. meyricki – P. michaelensis – P. micropterus – P. mimicus – P. minicus – P. minimus – P. monstratus – P. montanellus – P. montanus – P. monticola – P. montislomaensis – P. montivagans – P. morio – P. morosus – P. multidenticulatus – P. mussardi – P. mutans – P. mwengensis – P. nakaoi – P. nakurensis – P. nanlingensis – P. natmataungensis – P. neotropicus – P. nepalensis – P. nepalicus – P. niger – P. nigerrimus – P. nigricornis – P. nigricrus – P. nigripennis – P. nigripes – P. nigriventris – P. nigrolineatus – P. noncurvatus – P. nyamukubiensis – P. obliteratus – P. obscuripes – P. ohausi – P. okapaensis – P. opacicollis – P. opacus – P. ornaticornis – P. ovaliceps – P. overlaeti – P. paeninsula – P. pallidulus – P. pallidus – P. palustris – P. papuanus – P. paraguayanus – P. parallelus – P. parcepunctatus – P. parvidenticulatus – P. parvipennis – P. pauloensis – P. pedestris – P. pendleburyi – P. pentagonalis – P. perlongus – P. permixtus – P. perrieri – P. perroti – P. peruanus – P. philippinus – P. piceus – P. pilifer – P. plagiator – P. politus – P. poweri – P. praecellens – P. praeses – P. preangeranus – P. pretiosus – P. problematis – P. protensus – P. pseudobagmatiensis – P. pseudochalybaeus – P. puberulus – P. pubescens – P. pulchellus – P. pumilus – P. punctatus – P. punctiger – P. punctiventris – P. purpuripennis – P. puthzi – P. raffrayi – P. ragusai – P. republicanus – P. reticulatus – P. reticuliventris – P. riftensis – P. riparius – P. roepkei – P. rougemonti – P. ruandanus – P. rubidus – P. rubrothoracicus – P. rudebecki – P. ruficollis – P. rufitarsis – P. rufiventris – P. rufocyaneus – P. rufofasciatus – P. rufotestaceus – P. ruhembeanus – P. rutilicornis – P. ruwenzoricus – P. sabaeus – P. sachtlebeni – P. saegeri – P. saginatus – P. salvini – P. samarensis – P. samoensis – P. samuelsoni – P. santoensis – P. scabripennis – P. schawalleri – P. scheerpeltzi – P. schillhammeri – P. schoenherri – P. schoutedeni – P. schultheissi – P. schulzei – P. schusteri – P. scottianus – P. secretus – P. sedlaceki – P. semaranganus – P. semiflavus – P. semiviridis – P. senegalensis – P. sericeicollis – P. setifer – P. setosus – P. seydeli – P. sharpi – P. signaticornis – P. sijthoffi – P. sikkimensis – P. simillimus – P. simsoni – P. sinisterobliquus – P. sjoestedti – P. smetanai – P. socius – P. solidus – P. solodovnikovi – P. sondaicus – P. sparsus – P. speculifrons – P. spirituslohsei – P. stenopterus – P. straelenianus – P. studti – P. subcoriaceus – P. subnitidus – P. subopacus – P. sudanensis – P. sulawesi – P. sumbaensis – P. superbus – P. szechuanus – P. tambulensis – P. tamulus – P. tandalensis – P. tanjorensis – P. taprobanus – P. tempestivus – P. tenuis – P. testaceitarsis – P. testaceopiceus – P. tibestiensis – P. tibetanus – P. toxopei – P. transvaalensis – P. tricolor – P. tridens – P. trihamatus – P. trimerus – P. tristis – P. tropicus – P. tsaratananus – P. tumidicollis – P. turneris – P. turrialbanus – P. tweedensis – P. ugandensis – P. uganensis – P. uhligorum – P. ulindiensis – P. ullrichi – P. uluguruensis – P. unicolor – P. uruguayensis – P. usagarae – P. usambarae – P. usambaricus – P. ustus – P. variceps – P. variicornis – P. vastus – P. velox – P. versicolor – P. vianai – P. villiersi – P. vinsoni – P. violaceipennis – P. virgifer – P. viridipennis – P. volutobliquus – P. vulcanus – P. vulneratus – P. wadai – P. wagenitzi – P. wagenitzoides – P. wauensis – P. weisei – P. wenzeli – P. willersi – P. wilsoni – P. xanthocerus – P. xinjiangensis – P. xuei – P. xui – P. yaoundensis – P. yuangasanus – P. yucateca – P. yunnanensis – P. zairensis – P. zayasi – P. zhangmuensis – P. zulu

Invalid species names: P. dangchangensis – P. daozhenensis – P. latro – P. melanurus – P. pelikani – P. pseudobaudii – P. symmetricus – P. ussuriensis

Name

Paederus Fabricius, 1775: 268 BHL

Type species: Staphylinus riparius Linnaeus, 1758, fixed by subsequent designation by Latreille, 1810: 427.

Synonymy

Geopaederus Gistel, 1848 [new name for Paederus Fabricius (thought preoccupied by Paederia L. in plants?)]
- Type species: Staphylinus ripariusLinnaeus, 1758, fixed by autotypy.
Paederillus Casey, 1905: 62
- Type species: Paederus littorarius Gravenhorst, 1806, designated in Blackwelder, 1939: 120.
Leucopaederus Casey, 1905: 67
- Type species: Paederus ustus LeConte, 1858, fixed by autotypy.

References

Primary references

Fabricius, J.C. 1775: Systema Entomologiae, sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species... Flensburgh and Leipzig, Library Kortii. Internet Archive BHL

Additional references

Adorno, A. & A. Zanetti, 1999: Description of a new Paederus F., 1775 from Sicily, with systematic, biogeographic and ecological notes on Italian species of the subgenera Paederus s.str. and Eopaederus Scheerpeltz, 1957 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (N.S.) 35 (2): 189–201. Reference page.
Assing, V. 2013. Three new species of Paederinae from Northeast India (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 45(2): 1561–1570. PDF Reference page.
Assing, V. 2015. On the Harpopaederus fauna of China (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 47(1): 163–190. Full article (PDF). Reference page. [Catalogue of the Harpopaederus species of China: p. 164]
Frank, J.H. 1988: Paederus, sensu lato (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae): an index and review of the taxa. Insecta mundi, 2 (2): 97–159. (PDF)
Li, Q-L., Li, L-Z., Gu, F-K. & Peng, Z. 2016. New data on brachypterous Paederus (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) of mainland China. Zootaxa 4184(3): 576–588. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4184.3.11. Reference page.
Li, X. & Zhou, H.-Z. 2009: A review of Chinese species of the subgenus Paederus s. str. (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae) with description of a new species. Zootaxa, 2083: 46–64. Abstract & excerpt (PDF)
Li, X.; Zhou, H.-Z. 2009b: Phylogenetic analysis and taxonomy of the subgenus Gnathopaederus Chapin and related groups of Paederus s.l. (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Invertebrate systematics, 23 (5): 422–444. DOI: 10.1071/IS09015
Peng, Z., Li, Q-L., Li, L-Z. & Gu, F-K. 2015. New data on the subgenus Gnathopaederus of the genus Paederus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae) of mainland China. Zootaxa 3999(3): 421–429. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3999.3.7. Preview (PDF) Reference page.
Peng, Z., Li, L.Z. & Zhao, M.J. 2015. New data on the subgenus Harpopaederus of the genus Paederus (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae) of mainland China. ZooKeys 495: 143–153. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.495.9484 Reference page.
Scheerpeltz, O. 1957: Vorläufige Diagnosen einiger neuen paläarktischen Arten und Formen der Gattungen Paederidus Muls. Rey, Paederus Fabr. (mit den neuen Untergattungen Eopaederus, Paederus s. str. nov., Heteropaederus, Dioncopaederus und Oedopaederus), Parameropaederus nov gen., Lobopaederus nov. gen. und Megalopaederus nov. gen. Memorie del Museo di storia naturale della Venezia Tridentina, 11: 447–475.
Li, X.-Y., Zhou, H.-Z. & Solodovnikov, A.Y. 2013. Five new species of the genus Paederus from mainland China, with a review of the Chinese fauna of the subtribe Paederina (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 06(5): 562–574. DOI: 10.1603/AN13008 Reference page.