Quedius fulgidus

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: Quediina
Genus: Quedius
Subgenus: Microsaurus
Species: Quedius fulgidus
Subspecies: Q. f. creticus

Name

Quedius (Microsaurus) fulgidus (Fabricius, 1792: 525)

Synonymy

• Staphylinus fulgidus Fabricius, 1792: 525 [original combination; preoccupied, not Staphylinus fulgidus Fabricius, 1787: 220; ICZN 2004: 199, conserved over senior homonym & 4 other names]
• Staphylinus fuscipennis Block, 1799: 116
• Staphylinus rufitarsis Marsham, 1802: 512
• Staphylinus iracundus Say, 1830: 35
• Quedius nigricornis Stephens, 1832: 222
• Quedius haemopterus Stephens, 1832: 217
• Quedius haemorrhoidalis Stephens, 1832: 218
• Staphylinus distinctus Runde, 1835: 6
• Philonthus assimilis Nordmann, 1837: 78
• Philonthus bicolor Redtenbacher, L., 1849: 710
• Microsaurus quadripunctat Thomson, C. G., 1867: 159
• Quedius peranxius va fulgidus Mulsant & Rey, 1876: 661
• Quedius morio va fulgidus Dalla Torre, 1879: 60
• Quedius erythropygus va fulgidus Gridelli, 1929: 24
• Quedius erythropygus va fulgidus Gridelli, 1930: 77

Native distribution areas

• Europe (31 countries), Russia (European,Siberia), Canary Is., Madeira, Iceland, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Turkey, India, Indonesia.
• Introduced in: Canada (BC, MB, ON, SK), USA, Peru, Chile, Australia, New Zealand, Chatham Is., Tristan da Cunha Is.

References

Primary references

• Fabricius, J.C. 1792. Entomologia systematica emendata et aucta. Secundum classes, ordines, genera, species adjectis synonimis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Tomus I. Pars 2. Hafniae: C.G. Proft, 538 pp. BHL PDF Reference page.  [original description: p. 525]

Additional references

• Salnitska, M. & Solodovnikov, A. 2019. Rove beetles of the genus Quedius (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) of Russia: a key to species and annotated catalogue. Zookeys, 847: 1–100. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.847.34049 Reference page.  [notes, Russia: p. 54, figs. 14G–I]