Lithocharis

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: Lithocharis
Species: L. alticola – L. annulosa – L. atricapilla – L. atriceps – L. bitriangulata – L. boops – L. californica – L. camponoti – L. carinata – L. chyuluensis – L. cingulata – L. cinnamomea – L. comes – L. condita – L. curviceps – L. debilis – L. depressa – L. diffinis – L. dimidiatipennis – L. discoidalis – L. distinguenda – L. dorsalis – L. erythroptera – L. flavomarginata – L. fontinalis – L. fumata – L. gerardi – L. gigantea – L. heres – L. hilaris – L. hirta – L. immanis – L. inermis – L. infuscata – L. jeanneae – L. kabetensis – L. kawaensis – L. lamellifera – L. lanigera – L. latexcisa – L. limbata – L. mateui – L. mauretanica – L. mendacia – L. mendax – L. muelleri – L. mutata – L. myrmecophila – L. nigriceps – L. nitida – L. ochracea – L. oculifer – L. ornatrix – L. parochracea – L. parvicollis – L. parvincisa – L. parvistria – L. posticata – L. preangerana – L. schuelkei – L. scottii – L. secunda – L. sexualis – L. simplex – L. sobrina – L. socotrana – L. sonorica – L. sordidula – L. soror – L. sororcula – L. subochracea – L. sunioides – L. terminipennis – L. timorensis – L. uvida – L. varicolor – L. varicornis – L. vicina – L. vilis – L. villiersi – L. volans

Invalid species names: L. changlingensis – L. dissimilis – L. gigantea – L. jacobsoni – L. penicillata – L. vexans

Lithocharis nigriceps

Name

Lithocharis Dejean, 1833: 65

Type species: Paederus ochraceus Gravenhorst, 1802, fixed by subsequent designation by Thomson, 1859: 28.

Synonymy

Metaxyodonta Casey, 1886: 29
Type species: Metaxyodonta alutacea Casey, 1886, designated in Blackwelder, 1952: 241.
Medon (Arthocharis) — Cameron, 1921: 372 [lapsus for Lithocharis]

References
Primary references

Dejean, P.F.M.A. 1833. Catalogue des Coléoptères de la collection de M. le Comte Dejean. Deuxième édition. [Livraison 1 (pp. 1–96), Livraison 2 (pp. 97–176)]. Paris: Méquignon-Marvis Père et Fils. [pp. 177–256, Livraison 3 was published in 1834; pp. 257–360, Livraison 4 in 1835; pp. 361–442, Livraison 5 in 1836]. BHL. Reference page. [original description: p. 65]

Additional references

Assing, V. 2015. A revison [revision] of the Lithocharis species of the Palaearctic, Oriental and Australian regions (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae: Medonina). Linzer biologische Beiträge 47(2): 1133–1178. Full article (PDF). Reference page. [Key to the species of the Palaearctic, Oriental, and Australian regions: p. 1170]

Lithocharis is a genus of rove beetles in the family Staphylinidae.

Species (list incomplete)

Lithocharis alutacea Casey g
Lithocharis fuscipennis Kraatz, 1859 g
Lithocharis heres Blackwelder g
Lithocharis nigriceps Kraatz, 1859 g
Lithocharis ochracea Gravenhorst, 1802 i c g b
Lithocharis quadricollis Casey g
Lithocharis simplex Casey g
Lithocharis sonorica Casey g
Lithocharis thoracica (Casey, 1905) b
Lithocharis tricolor b
Lithocharis uvida Kraatz g
Lithocharis vilis Kraatz, 1859 i c g
Lithocharis volans Blackwelder g
† Lithocharis scottii Scudder 1900 g
† Lithocharis varicolor Heer 1856 g

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]
References

Citations

"Lithocharis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-09-02.
"Browse Lithocharis". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-09-02.
"Lithocharis". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-09-02.

"Lithocharis Genus: Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-09-02.

Sources

"Lithocharis Dejean 1833 (rove beetle)". Fossil Works.

Further reading

Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys. Pensoft Publishers (88): 1–972. doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 3088472. PMID 21594053.

Brunke, A.; Marshall, S. (2011). "Contributions to the faunistics and bionomics of Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) in northeastern North America: discoveries made through study of the University of Guelph Insect Collection, Ontario, Canada". ZooKeys (75): 29–68. doi:10.3897/zookeys.75.767. PMC 3088045. PMID 21594139.
Frank, J.H.; Ahn, K.J. (2011). "Coastal Staphylinidae (Coleoptera): A worldwide checklist, biogeography and natural history". ZooKeys (107): 1–98. doi:10.3897/zookeys.107.1651. PMC 3392188. PMID 22792029.
Klimaszewski, J.; McLean, J.; Chandler, D.; Savard, K.; et al. (2009). "Survey of rove beetles (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with new records and description of a new species. Part 2". ZooKeys (22): 19–33. doi:10.3897/zookeys.22.177.
Klimaszewski, J.; McLean, J.; Li, A.; Savard, K. (2009). "Survey of rove beetles (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with new records and description of a new species. Part 1". ZooKeys (22): 5–17. doi:10.3897/zookeys.22.86.
LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558.
Mazur, Slawomir (2004). Lobl, I.; Smetana, A. (eds.). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 2: Hydrophiloidea - Histeroidea - Staphylinoidea. Apollo Books. pp. 68–102. ISBN 87-88757-74-9.
White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.