Medon

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: Medon
Subgenera: Cryptoporus – Medonodonta – Mespalerus – Nitimedon – Platymedon – Tetramedon

Species overview: M. abantensis – M. abessinus – M. abnormalis – M. acutapicalis – M. adamsoni – M. aethiopicus – M. africanides – M. africanus – M. alesi – M. alutaceus – M. americanus – M. analis – M. angulipennis – M. annapurnae – M. antricola – M. apacheanus – M. aphrodisius – M. apicalis – M. aquatilis – M. arizonicus – M. arunicus – M. aspericeps – M. aspericollis – M. assingi – M. augur – M. auripilis – M. basilewskyi – M. basipennis – M. basipilosus – M. basiventris – M. bernhaueri – M. bernhauerianus – M. beroni – M. beydaghensis – M. bhutanicus – M. biapicalis – M. bicoloriceps – M. bifidus – M. birmanus – M. brunneus – M. bucharicus – M. buehleri – M. capitalis – M. caricus – M. carpathius – M. caseyi – M. castaneipennis – M. castaneus – M. cauchoisi – M. cephalotes – M. cerrutii – M. cincliventris – M. cinnamopterus – M. coecus – M. collarti – M. compressiphallus – M. confertus – M. conformis – M. conradti – M. consanguineus – M. contiguus – M. convergens – M. cordatus – M. coriaceus – M. corniger – M. craniatus – M. ctenophorum – M. cubanus – M. curtus – M. cyclopius – M. cyprensis – M. deharvengi – M. delicatulus – M. delicatus – M. delphinus – M. depressulus – M. despectus – M. dhaulagiricus – M. dieganus – M. difformis – M. dilutus – M. discedens – M. dobrogicus – M. dolorosus – M. dominicanus – M. drescheri – M. emeianus – M. exasperatus – M. excavatus – M. explicans – M. exquisitus – M. falli – M. fascipennis – M. fauveli – M. feloi – M. femoralis – M. ferrugineus – M. flavipennis – M. flavipes – M. fortepunctatus – M. franzi – M. frischi – M. fungi – M. fusculoides – M. fusculus – M. genialis – M. ghumensis – M. gilvimarginatus – M. gomyi – M. goropanensis – M. gracilentus – M. grandiceps – M. granipennis – M. gratellus – M. gratus – M. gregalis – M. gughensis – M. guignoti – M. gularis – M. guppyi – M. hanangensis – M. hatchi – M. helenae – M. heterogenus – M. hova – M. humboldti – M. humeralis – M. humerosus – M. impar – M. indigena – M. inexcisus – M. inquilinus – M. insulanus – M. insularis – M. jaljalense – M. javanicus – M. javanus – M. jenseni – M. johni – M. kabylicus – M. kamerunensis – M. kanak – M. katanganus – M. kenyensis – M. kernianus – M. knapperti – M. kopetdaghi – M. kutuensis – M. labralis – M. lacustris – M. lamellatus – M. languidus – M. lanugo – M. laticeps – M. laticollis – M. latiusculus – M. leai – M. leaianus – M. lecoqi – M. leleupi – M. leonensis – M. lepidus – M. lewisius – M. lindbergi – M. lindi – M. lombokianus – M. luctuosus – M. luzonicus – M. lydicus – M. maculatus – M. maculipennis – M. maculosus – M. madecassa – M. magniceps – M. malacus – M. manasluensis – M. mandibularis – M. maronitus – M. matangensis – M. matasana – M. mcleodi – M. melancholicus – M. meruensis – M. meybohmi – M. microcephalus – M. microphthalmus – M. microps – M. microthorax – M. mirei – M. miscellus – M. mjobergi – M. molestus – M. montanellus – M. montanus – M. montivagans – M. morosus – M. moschianus – M. natalensis – M. neohebridarum – M. nepalensis – M. nevadicus – M. niger – M. nigerrimus – M. nigripennis – M. nigrituloides – M. nigrolucens – M. nitidulus – M. novaebritanniae – M. obscuriventer – M. oculatus – M. opacellus – M. opacinus – M. opaculus – M. oriens – M. oromii – M. pacificus – M. palawanensis – M. palembanganus – M. pallescens – M. pallidipennis – M. papeetensis – M. papuanus – M. papuensis – M. paradisiacus – M. parkeri – M. parvipennis – M. parvulus – M. patagonicus – M. penangensis – M. perforatus – M. perniger – M. perplexus – M. persimilis – M. petrochilosi – M. piceus – M. picipennis – M. piesticulus – M. pinalicus – M. pineti – M. plagiatus – M. planus – M. pocofer – M. praeustus – M. procerus – M. profundus – M. prolixus – M. proximus – M. puberulus – M. pugetensis – M. punctatissimus – M. quadraticeps – M. quadratides – M. quadratipennis – M. rangpoensis – M. reliquus – M. reticulatus – M. retrusus – M. ripicola – M. ruber – M. rubripennis – M. rufipennis – M. rufiventris – M. rufoferrugineus – M. rugosoopacus – M. rusticus – M. sabahicus – M. sardous – M. schawalleri – M. schwarzi – M. scolytinus – M. sculpticeps – M. seleucus – M. semiobscurus – M. semiopacus – M. sequax – M. sericellus – M. serriae – M. shaanxiensis – M. sharpi – M. shastanicus – M. siamensis – M. silvestris – M. singgalangensis – M. sinuatocollis – M. siwalikensis – M. solitarius – M. sondaicus – M. spadiceus – M. sparsiventris – M. stenus – M. stricticollis – M. strigosus – M. subcoriaceus – M. subdepressus – M. subfusculus – M. sublestus – M. submaculatus – M. subquadratus – M. subsimilis – M. subterraneus – M. sulcifrons – M. sumbaensis – M. sundaicus – M. surdicollis – M. tahitiensis – M. tahoensis – M. testaceomarginatus – M. texanus – M. tomokoae – M. trapeziformis – M. trinitatus – M. truncatus – M. tutuilanus – M. umbilicatus – M. umbrosus – M. unicus – M. vancouveri – M. varamontis – M. variipennis – M. ventralis – M. vermiculatus – M. vestitus – M. vicentensis – M. vilhenai – M. vinsoni – M. vittatipennis – M. yunnanicus – M. zeelandicus

Invalid species names: M. flavomarginatus – M. raraensis – M. rubeculus – M. sutteri – M. trapeziphallus
Name

Medon Stephens, 1833: 273

Type species: Medon ruddii Stephens, 1833, fixed by monotypy.

Synonymy

Oxymedon Casey, 1905: 177
Type species: Oxymedon ruberCasey, 1905, fixed by monotypy.

References
Primary references

Stephens, J.F. 1833. Illustrations of British entomology; or, a synopsis of indigenous insects; containing their generic and specific distinctions; with an account of their metamorphoses, times of appearance, localities, food, and economy, as far as practicable. 5: 241–304 + pl. 27. London: Baldwin and Cradock. [original description: p. 273]

Additional references

Assing, V., 2004: A revision of Western Palaearctic Medon Stephens (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Paederinae). Supplement I. Linzer Biologische Beiträge, 36 (2): 655–662. Full article: [1].
Assing, V. 2004. A revision of the Medon species of the Eastern Mediterranean and adjacent regions (Insecta: Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 52(1–2): 33–82. PDF. Reference page.
Assing, V., 2005: A revision of the Western Palaearctic Medon: the species of the Atlantic Islands, the Western Mediterranean, and Europe, except for the Southeast (Insecta: Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Bonner zoologische Beiträge, 54: 25–95. Full article: [2].
Assing, V., 2005: A revision of Western Palaearctic Medon. IV. A new species and new records from Iran, and a catalogue of species (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Paederinae). Linzer Biologische Beiträge, 37 (2): 1027–1034. Full article: [3].
Assing, V., 2007: A revision of Western Palaearctic Medon. V. A new species from Iran and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Paederinae). Linzer Biologische Beiträge, 39 (1): 23–32. Full article: [4].
Assing, V., 2007: A revision of Western Palaearctic Medon. VI. A new species from Turkey and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Linzer Biologische Beiträge, 39 (2): 791–797. Full article: [5].
Assing, V., 2009: A revision of Western Palaearctic Medon. VII. A new species from southern Turkey and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Linzer Biologische Beiträge, 41 (2): 489–498. Full article: [6].
Assing, V. 2018. A revision of Medon. XI. Five new species, additional records, and the first confirmed records from the Oriental region (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Beiträge zur entomologie 68(1): 69–81. DOI: 10.21248/contrib.entomol.68.1.069-081 Reference page.

Medon is a genus of rove beetles in the family Staphylinidae. There are at least 60 described species in Medon.[1][2][3][4][5]
Contents

1 Species
2 References
3 Further reading
4 External links

Species

These 67 species belong to the genus Medon:

Medon adamsoni Cameron, 1933 g
Medon americanus Casey, 1905 g
Medon apicalis (Kraatz, 1857) g
Medon augur Fauvel, 1906 g
Medon beroni Coiffait, 1970 g
Medon brunneus (Erichson, 1839) g
Medon bulgaricus Coiffait, 1970 g
Medon castaneus (Gravenhorst, 1802) g
Medon cauchoisi Jarrige, 1949 g
Medon celebensis Sharp, 1908 i c g
Medon cerrutii Coiffait, 1976 g
Medon choparti Coiffait, 1987 g
Medon confertus Sharp g
Medon convergens (Casey, 1886) g
Medon croaticus Toth, 1980 g
Medon ctenophorum Hatch, 1957 g
Medon despectus (Fairmaire, 1860) g
Medon dilutus (Erichson, 1839) g
Medon dobrogicus Decu & Georgescu, 1995 g
Medon erevanensis Coiffait, 1970 g
Medon feloi Assing, 1998 g
Medon ferrugineus (Erichson, 1840) g
Medon fuscipennis Kraatz, 1859 i c g
Medon fusculus (Mannerheim, 1830) g
Medon gomyi Lecoq, 1987 g
Medon guignoti Coiffait, 1987 g
Medon guppyi (Hatch, 1957) g
Medon haafi Scheerpeltz, 1956 g
Medon hatchi Herman, 2003 g
Medon indigena (Wollaston, 1857) g
Medon insulanus b
Medon insularis Casey, 1905 g
Medon laticollis (Casey, 1889) g
Medon lecoqi Janák, 2014 g
Medon lewisius Sharp g
Medon macedonicus Coiffait, 1976 g
Medon marinus Cameron, 1944 g
Medon mcleodi Hatch, 1957 g
Medon olympicus Scheerpeltz, 1963 g
Medon pacifica Cameron, 1933 g
Medon papeetensis Coiffait, 1980 g
Medon paradobrogicus Decu & Georgescu, 1995 g
Medon perniger Coiffait, 1978 g
Medon petrochilosi Coiffait, 1970 g
Medon piceus (Kraatz, 1858) g
Medon planus (Kraatz, 1859) g
Medon pocofer (Peyron, 1858) g
Medon pocoferus (Peyron, 1857) g
Medon prolixus (Sharp, 1874) g
Medon pugetensis Hatch, 1957 g
Medon pythonissa (Saulcy, 1864) g
Medon quadratus Hatch, 1957 g
Medon rhodiensis Scheerpeltz, 1963 g
Medon ripicola (Kraatz, 1854) g
Medon rubeculus Sharp, 1889 g
Medon rufipenne b
Medon rufiventris (Nordmann, 1837) g
Medon sardous Dodero, 1922 g
Medon shastanicus (Casey, 1905) g
Medon subcoriaceus (Wollaston, 1864) g
Medon submaculatus Sharp g
Medon subterraneus Coiffait, 1970 g
Medon tahitiensis Coiffait, 1976 g
Medon truncatus Hatch, 1957 g
Medon vancouveri (Casey, 1905) g
Medon vicentensis Serrano, 1993 g
Medon vitalei Bernhauer, 1936 g

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

"Medon Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
"Browse Medon". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
"Medon". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
"Medon Genus: Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-04.

"Medon Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-04.