Algon

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Staphyliniformia
Superfamilia: Staphylinoidea

Familia: Staphylinidae
Subfamilia: Staphylininae
Tribus: Staphylinini
Subtribus: Algonina
Genus: Algon
Species: A. africanus – A. ailaoshanus – A. angelikae – A. atrocaeruleus – A. atronitidus – A. atroviridis – A. aureoviridis – A. basilineatus – A. biru – A. bramlettorum – A. brevipennis – A. ceylonensis – A. chinensis – A. crockerensis – A. cyanipennis – A. dentiger – A. deuvi – A. doupengshanus – A. dysanelloides – A. elegans – A. emeishanus – A. excellens – A. fanjingshanus – A. fansipanicus – A. forceps – A. fortepunctatus – A. fredericki – A. fredricki – A. fukienensis – A. gemmatus – A. grandicollis – A. grebennikovi – A. himalayicus – A. hollowayae – A. holzschuhi – A. hubeiensis – A. immsi – A. impexus – A. jaechi – A. jizushanus – A. lanceolatus – A. leigongshanus – A. lisae – A. macrops – A. malayanus – A. matsukii – A. merkli – A. mogokensis – A. mulu – A. murzini – A. nadjae – A. nepalicus – A. nomurai – A. oculatus – A. pergrandis – A. phiaoacensis – A. pseudoculatus – A. pseudonepalicus – A. psittacus – A. puittacus – A. reuteri – A. robillardae – A. robustus – A. rugulipennis – A. semiaeneus – A. semiaureus – A. semicaeruleus – A. semiviolaceus – A. similis – A. sinoculatus – A. smetanai – †A. spatiosus – A. sphaericollis – A. subtilis – A. theresae – A. tibetanus – A. tigrimontis – A. tricolor – A. tristis – A. tronqueti – A. uenoi – A. uncus – A. uniformis – A. viridis – A. zhenbaodingensis

In synonymy: A. bhutanicus
Name

Algon Sharp, 1874: 22

Type species: Algon grandicollis Sharp, 1874, fixed by monotypy.

Synonymy

Creophilopsis Cameron, 1921: 272 [new synonym in Cameron, 1932: 269]
Type species: Creophilopsis semiaeneus Cameron, 1921, fixed by monotypy.
Brachycamonthus Bernhauer, 1933: 37 [new synonym in Schillhammer, 1999: 94]
Type species: Brachycamonthus kaiserianus Bernhauer, 1933, fixed by monotypy.
Allopygus Cameron 1950: 21 [new synonym in Schillhammer, 1999: 94]
Type species: Allopygus malayanus Cameron, 1950, fixed by original designation.

References
Primary references

Sharp, D. 1874. The Staphylinidae of Japan. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London [22(1)]: 1–103. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1874.tb00159.x BHL Reference page. [original description: p. 22]

Additional references

Hayashi, Y. 2011: A new species of Algon (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from China, with some notes on the generic characteristics. Elytra (n.s.) 1(1): 67–72. [not seen] Reference page.
Schillhammer, H. 2006. Revision of Algon Sharp (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae). Koleopterologische rundschau 76: 135–218.
Schillhammer, H. 2008. New species and records of Algon Sharp (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae). Koleopterologische rundschau 78: 233–240.
Schillhammer, H. 2017. New data and eleven new species of Algon Sharp, 1874, with a special focus on the A. kaiserianus group (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae). Koleopterologische rundschau 87: 129–162. PDF Reference page. [new species, key to species of the Algon kaiserianus group]