Megalinus

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: Staphylininae
Tribus: Xantholinini
Genus: Megalinus
Species: M. ailaoshanensis – M. anhuensis – M. bicatellatus – M. boki – M. brancuccii – M. christophi – M. cinnamomeus – M. coloratus – M. coracinus – M. dahli – M. dalianus – M. diaphanus – M. elianae – M. eremiticus – M. flavocinctus – M. flavus – M. glabratus – M. hailuogouensis – M. hayashii – M. hesperius – M. hunanensis – M. indicus – M. japonicus – M. kambaitiensis – M. leishanensis – M. liupanshanensis – M. malaisei – M. melonii – M. metallicus – M. mirus – M. mixtus – M. mon – M. montanicus – M. nanpingensis – M. neolizipingensis – M. ningxiaensis – M. nonvaricosus – M. oasis – M. oculatus – M. pandarum – M. parajaponicus – M. pervivagus – M. pseudoelongatus – M. pseudohesperius – M. punctatissimus – M. rougemonti – M. ruficaudatus – M. sabellai – M. schawalleri – M. scutellaris – M. sinicus – M. solidus – M. solivagus – M. suffusus – M. taipingensis – M. tangi – M. tibetanus – M. xinqxing – M. yolounganus – M. yuntai – M. zhenyuanensis

Invalid species names: M. keijiroi – M. nudobiiformis – M. ussuricus
Name

Megalinus Mulsant & Rey, 1877: 261

Type species: Staphylinus glabratus Gravenhorst, 1802: 178 fixed by monotypy.

Synonymy

Lemiganus Bordoni, 1985: 86 [syn. by Bordoni, 2012: 170]
Type species: Xantholinus elianae Jarrige, fixed by original designation and monotypy.
Lepidophallus Coiffait, 1956: 58, 59 [syn. by Bordoni, 2008: 55]
Type species: Xantholinus hesperius Erichson, fixed by original designation.
Leptophallus Coiffait, 1956: 57, 59 (nec. Lueche, 1909)
Type species: Xantholinus flavocinctus Hochhuth.
Leptophius Coiffait, 1983: 345
Type species: Xantholinus flavocinctus Hochhuth, fixed by objective synonymy with Leptophallus.
Metacyclinus Reitter, 1908: 115
Type species: Staphylinus glabratus Gravenhorst, fixed by subsequent designation by Blackwelder, 1943: 473.

References
Primary references

Mulsant, E. & Rey, C. 1877. Histoire naturelle des Coléoptères de France. Tribu des brévipennes. Deuxième famille. Xantholiniens. Mémoires de l’Académie des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts de Lyon 22: 217–344. [original description: p. 261]
Bordoni, A. 2008. Lepidophallus Coiffait, 1956 is a synonym of Megalinus Mulsant & Rey, 1877 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Xantholinini). 184° contribution to the knowledge of Staphylinidae. Onychium 6: 54–59. PDF Reference page. [syn. nov. Lepidophallus: p. 55]
Bordoni, A. 2012. Remarks for a better knowledge of the Palaearctic Xantholinini I. Xantholinini of the Gridelli’s collection in the Civic Museum of Natural History of Trieste. List of species and new synonymie of genus (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). 188° contribution to the knowledge of the Staphylinidae. Atti del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Trieste 55: 169–172. PDF Reference page. [syn. nov. Lemiganus: p. 170]

Additional references

Zhou, Y.-L., Bordoni, A. & Zhou, H.-Z. 2013. Taxonomy of the genus Megalinus Mulsant & Rey (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Xantholinini) and seven new species from China. Zootaxa 3727(1): 1–66. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3727.1.1 Reference page. [diagnosis, key p. 6]

Megalinus is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Staphylinidae.[1]

Species:

Megalinus glabratus

References

"IRMNG - Megalinus Mulsant & Rey, 1877". www.irmng.org. Retrieved 6 March 2021.