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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Rove Beetles (Staphylinidae) » Large Rove Beetles (Staphylininae) » Staphylinini » Quediina » Quedius

Genus Quedius

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Remarks · Works Cited
rove beetle - Quedius Quedius pediculus Quedius 5568 - Quedius Quedius sp. - Quedius Large Rove Beetle - (subgenus Quedius) - Quedius Staphylinidae sp. -needs ID - Quedius curtipennis - male Quedius rusticus - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Staphyliniformia)
Superfamily Staphylinoidea
Family Staphylinidae (Rove Beetles)
Subfamily Staphylininae (Large Rove Beetles)
Tribe Staphylinini
Subtribe Quediina
Genus Quedius
Explanation of Names
Quedius Stephens 1832
Numbers
>90 spp. in 7 subgenera in our area (incl. 7 adventive spp.), ~800 spp. in 12 subgenera worldwide(1)(2)(3)
Range
worldwide(1)
Remarks
Four species are circumpolar and six others are considered introduced from the Palaearctic
Works Cited
1.Newton A.F., Thayer M.K. Catalog of higher taxa of Staphyliniformia and genera and subgenera of Staphylinoidea [online]
2.American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia
Arnett, R.H., Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.). 2000. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
3.Adventive species of Quedius (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) in North America: a survey and new Canadian record
Majka C.G., Michaud J.-P., Moreau G. 2009. ZooKeys 22: 341–345.
Contributed by tom murray on 15 December, 2005 - 9:43pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 14 May, 2012 - 1:02pm

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