Quedius mesomelinus

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 mesomelinus
Subspecies: Q. m. kraussi – Q. m. silensis – Q. m. skoraszewskyi

Name

Quedius (Microsaurus) mesomelinus (Marsham, 1802: 510)

Synonymy

• Staphylinus mesomelinus Marsham, 1802: 510 [original combination]
• Staphylinus variabilis Gyllenhal, 1810: 303
• Quedius delahoni ab mesomelinus Wagner, H., 1916: 226
• Quedius josefi ab mesomelinus Fleischer, A., 1925: 20
• Quedius matinai ab mesomelinus Roubal, 1950: 21
• Quedius (Microsaurus) mateui va mesomelinus Coiffait, 1967: 393
• Quedius Skrimshiranus Stephens, 1832: 225
• Emus occultus Lacordaire, 1835: 379
• Quedius atripennis Stephens, 1835: 436
• Staphylinus groenlandicus Zetterstedt, 1838: 61
• Raphirus nigricornis Holme, 1842: 127
• Microsaurus temporalis Thomson, C. G., 1867: 161
• Quedius fuchsii Scriba, W., 1867: 378
• Microsaurus nigripennis Sahlberg, J., 1876: 26
• Quedius rufithorax va mesomelinus Mulsant & Rey, 1876: 643
• Quedius arvernicus va mesomelinus Mulsant & Rey, 1876: 643
• Quedius microcephalus va mesomelinus Helliesen, 1892: 73
• Quedius jaenneri va mesomelinus Hubenthal, 1902: 267
• Quedius (Microsaurus) klinckowströmi Poppius, 1913: 10
• Quedius lloydi Donisthorpe, 1945: 165

Native distribution areas

• Native in: Europe (34 countries), Russia (European, East & West Siberia, Far East), Turkey, Greenland, Iceland.
• Introduced in: Canada (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC, SK), USA, Peru, Chile, Falkland Is., Australia, New Zealand, Tristan da Cunha Is., Gough Is.

References

Primary references

• Marsham. T. 1802. Coleoptera Britannica, sistens Insecta Coleoptera Britanniae indigena, secundum methodum Linnaeanam disposita. In two volumes. xxxi + 547 pp. + 1 unnumbered page. 30 plates. Londini: Publisher or printer not stated, sold by J. White. [original description: p. 510]

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. 57, figs. 6C, 13M–O]