Afroquedius sexpunctatus

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: Afroquediina
Genus: Afroquedius
Species: Afroquedius sexpunctatus

Name

Afroquedius sebastiani (Bernhauer, 1917: 47)

• Type locality: SOUTH AFRICA: “Cap Bonne Esperance” [Cape of Good Hope].
• Lectotype: FMNH, ♂, FMNH-INS 0000 009 012. [designated by Solodovnikov, 2006: 1079]

Synonymy

• Quedius (Sauridus) sexpunctatus Bernhauer, 1917: 47 [original combination]
  • Quedius (Raphirus) sexpunctatus — Scheerpeltz, 1974: 171
  • Afroquedius sexpunctatus — Solodovnikov, 2006: 1079

References

Primary references

• Bernhauer, M. 1917. Beitrag zur Staphylinidenfauna des tropischen Afrika. Entomologische Blätter 13: 46–49. [original description: p. 47]
• Solodovnikov, A.Y. 2006. Revision and phylogenetic assessment of Afroquedius gen. nov. from South Africa: toward new concepts of the genus Quedius, subtribe Quediina and reclassification of the tribe Staphylinini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 99: 1065–1084. DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2006)99[1064:RAPAOA]2.0.CO;2 Reference page.  [comb. nov., lectotype: p. 1079, figs. 1, 9-20, 25-31]