Paederus incurvatus

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
Subgenus: Megalopaederus
Species: Paederus incurvatus

Name

Paederus (Megalopaederus) incurvatus Assing, 2015: 69

• Type locality: TAIWAN: Kaohsiung Hsien, Peinantashan trail, 2250 m.
• Holotype: Aleš Smetana private collection, ♂, 4.VII.1993, A. Smetana.
• Etymology: The specific epithet is the past participle of the Latin verb incurvare (to bend) and alludes to the curved long basal internal structure of the aedeagus.

References

Primary references

• Assing, V. 2015. A revision of the Megalopaederus species of Taiwan (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde (A) 8: 53–94. Full article (PDF) Reference page.  [original description: p. 69, Figs. 4, 23, 42, 60, 87–89, 157–161, 226]

Additional references

• Assing, V. 2017. Two new species and additional records of micropterous Paederus from China and Taiwan (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 49(1): 253–263. PDF Reference page.  [material, comment: p. 259]