Hexamedon

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Staphyliniformia
Superfamilia: Staphylinoidea

Familia: Staphylinidae
Subfamilia: Paederinae
Tribus: Lathrobiini
Subtribus: Medonina
Genus: Hexamedon
Species: H. marinus
Name

Hexamedon Lecoq, 2004: 170 [nom. nov.]

Type species: Medon marinus Cameron, 1944, fixed by autotypy.

Synonymy

Thalassomedon Lecoq 1987: 426 [preoccupied genus name, not Thalassomedon Welles, 1943 (Reptilia)]

References
Primary references

Lecoq, J-C. 2004. Rectification homonymique d'un genre de Staphylin (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae). Nouvelle revue d'entomologie (n.s.) 21(2): 170. [nom. nov.: p. 170]
Lecoq, J-C. 1987 [1986]. Les Paederinae des îles Mascareignes (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). Nouvelle revue d'entomologie (n.s.) 3(4): 417–437. [original description of Thalassomedon: p. 426]