Medonina

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
Genera: Acanthoglossa – Achenomorphus – Achenopsis – Argoderus – Charichirus – Coimedon – Deroderus – Ecitocleptis – Ecitomedon – Eusclerus – Exomedon – Gourvesia – Granimedon – Hexamedon – Hypomedon – Isocheilus – Labrocharis – Leiporaphes – Lithocharis – Luzea – Lypeticus – Malaisomedon – Malayanomedon – Medomonista – Medon – Monocharis – Myrmecomedon – Neomedon – Neopimus – Neosclerus – Nesomedon – Ophiomedon – Ophioomma – Orsunius – Pachymedon – Parascopaeus – Perierpon – Pseudomedon – Sciocharis – Scioporus – Scopobium – Stilocharis – Stilomedon – Suniotrichus – Sunius – Surdomedon – Thinocharis – Trisunius – Xenomedon

Name

Medonina Casey, 1905: 20
Synonymy

Medones Casey, 1905: 20 [original name]
Medina Bordoni, 1975: 420 [family-group name proposed as new without reference to Medones Casey, 1905]
Type genus: Medon Stephens, 1833.
Acanthoglossi Coiffait, 1982: 10
Type genus: Acanthoglossa Kraatz, 1859.

References
Primary references

Casey, T.L. 1905. A revision of the American Paederini. Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis 15: 17–248. BHL Reference page. [original description: p. 20]