Luzea

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: Paederinae
Tribus: Lathrobiini
Subtribus: Medonina
Genus: Luzea
Species: L. cephalica – L. graeca – L. infirma – L. lutrella – L. nigritula – L. rossica – L. rubecula – L. schuelkei – L. shavrini

Invalid species names: L. valida
Name

Luzea Blackwelder, 1952: 228 [nom. nov.]

Type species: Medon caucasicus Luze, 1912, fixed by autotypy.

Synonyms

Medon (Micromedon) Luze, 1911: 396 [preoccupied genus name, not Micromedon Casey, 1905]
Stictomedon Scheerpeltz, 1968: 51 [nomen nudum, no description]
Lithocharis nigritula Erichson, 1840, fixed by original designation.

References
Primary references

Blackwelder, R.E. 1952. The generic names of the beetle family Staphylinidae, with an essay on genotypy. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 200: i–iv, 1–483. hdl: 10088/30426 . BHL. Reference page. [nom. nov.: p. 228]

Additional references

Assing, V. 2010: A revision of the genus Luzea (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 57 (1): 117–135. DOI: 10.1002/mmnd.201000011. Full article: [1].