Megarthrus

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: Proteininae
Tribus: Proteinini
Genus: Megarthrus
Species: M. abessinus – M. adelphus – M. affinis – M. africanus – M. aino – M. alatorreorum – M. alesi – M. alienus – M. alticola – M. altivagans – M. americanus – M. andinus – M. anggiensis – M. angulicollis – M. antennalis – M. apicicornis – M. arcuatus – M. ashei – M. atratus – M. auricola – M. balensis – M. baliemensis – M. bantu – M. basicornis – M. basilewskyi – M. bellevoyei – M. bierigi – M. bimaculatus – M. birmanus – M. borealis – M. budai – M. calcaratus – M. carticulis – M. cavianae – M. chatterjeei – M. chiapas – M. chobauti – M. chujiao – M. clarkei – M. con – M. conformis – M. congoensis – M. conspirator – M. constrictus – M. convexus – M. coreanus – M. corticalis – M. danieli – M. dentatus – M. denticollis – M. dentipes – M. depressus – M. dissymetricus – M. dominicae – M. ecriptus – M. elevatus – M. excisus – M. fakir – M. falasha – M. fennicus – M. festivus – M. fijianus – M. flavolimbatus – M. flavosignatus – M. flavus – M. geginati – M. gigas – M. globulus – M. gressitti – M. harennaensis – M. heise – M. hemipterus – M. horticola – M. hutu – M. impressicollis – M. inaequalis – M. incubifer – M. integricollis – M. ivani – M. japonicus – M. kamerunensis – M. kuscheli – M. lanka – M. lisae – M. longicornis – M. machu – M. magnicaudatus – M. magnificus – M. mahnerti – M. major – M. malaisei – M. mammiger – M. maniwaata – M. maronitus – M. martensi – M. mastiger – M. merabet – M. metanas – M. minimus – M. minor – M. mirabilis – M. montanus – M. monticola – M. mukankundiyeorum – M. mwami – M. nanus – M. narendrani – M. negus – M. newtoni – M. nigerrima – M. nigrinus – M. nilgiriensis – M. niloticus – M. nitidulus – M. notabilis – M. occidentalis – M. occipitalis – M. octopus – M. ogloblini – M. oromo – M. ovalis – M. panda – M. panga – M. parallelus – M. pecki – M. peckorum – M. phoenix – M. pictus – M. ping – M. primus – M. prosseni – M. ras – M. retusus – M. riedeli – M. rougemonti – M. rufomarginatus – M. saddu – M. sahlbergi – M. sawadai – M. scotti – M. scriptus – M. sculpticollis – M. selenitus – M. septempunctatus – M. serrula – M. sexpunctatus – M. shibatai – M. simienensis – M. sinuatocollis – M. smetanai – M. solitarius – M. spathuliformis – M. spinosus – M. splendidus – M. stercorarius – M. strandi – M. stylifer – M. sumatrensis – M. tac – M. taiwanus – M. thomsoni – M. tibialis – M. tic – M. trisinuatus – M. tukchensis – M. twa – M. uhligi – M. umbonatus – M. vanschuytbroecki – M. vastus – M. watutsi – M. wayqecha – M. wittei – M. wollastoni – M. yeti – M. zekorum – M. zerchei – M. zulu – M. zunilensis

In synonymy: M. franzi – M. heteropus – M. rufescens – M. subangulatus – M. subparallelus
Name

Megarthrus Stephens, 1829: 24

Type species: Staphylinus depressus Paykull, 1789, fixed by subsequent designation by Westwood, 1838: 18.

Synonymy

Phloeobium Dejean, 1833: 69
Type species: Staphylinus depressus Paykull, 1789, fixed by monotypy.
Psyllius Gistel, 1834: 9
Type species: Staphylinus depressus Paykull, 1789, fixed by virtual monotypy.

References
Primary references

Stephens, J.F. 1829: The nomenclature of British insects; being a compendious list of such species as are contained in the Systematic Catalogue of British Insects, and forming a guide to their classification, &c. &c. 68 pp. London: Baldwin and Cradock. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.51800 Reference page. [original description: p. 24]

Additional references

Cuccodoro, G. 1996: Revision of the Japanese rove-beetles of the genus Megarthrus (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Proteininae). Revue suisse de zoologie, 103(2): 475–524. PDF
Cuccodoro, G. 1998: Revision and phylogeny of Megarthrus Curtis 1829 from New Guinea, New Caledonia and Fiji (Coleoptera Staphylinidae Proteininae). Tropical zoology, 11(1): 103–137.
Cuccodoro, G. 1999: Four new species of Megarthrus Curtis, 1829 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Proteininae) from the Bale Mountains, southern Ethiopia. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 72(3-4): 373–386.
Cuccodoro, G. 2003: A revision of Megarthrus Curtis of India, Nepal and Sri Lanka (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Proteinini). Memoirs on Entomology International, 17: 359–455.
Cuccodoro, G. 2011. Megarthrus of Taiwan, with notes on phylogenetic relationships within the genus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Proteininae). Studies and reports of District Museum Prague-East (taxonomical series) 7(1–2): 25–92. Reference page.
Cuccodoro, G. 2011. Revision of the Neotropical types of Megarthrus Curtis, 1829 and description of two new species from Costa Rica and Peru (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Proteininae). Revue suisse de zoologie 118(1): 107–147. BHL Reference page.
Cuccodoro, G. & Liu, Z-P. 2016. Megarthrus of southern India and Sri Lanka, with notes on their phylogenetic and biogeographical relationships (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Proteininae). Zootaxa 4097(4): 530–544. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4097.4.5.Reference page. [Key to the species of Megarthrus from southern India and Sri Lanka: p. 531]
Cuccodoro, G. & Löbl, I. 1995. Revision of the Afrotropical rove-beetles of the genus Megarthrus (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Proteininae). Revue suisse de zoologie 102(3): 655–761. BHL Reference page.
Cuccodoro, G. & Löbl, I. 1996. Revision of the rove-beetles of the genus Megarthrus of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Proteininae). Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft 86: 145–188. BHL Reference page.
Cuccodoro, G. & Löbl, I. 1997. Revision of the Palaearctic rove beetles of the genus Megarthrus Curtis (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Proteininae). Journal of natural history 31(9): 1347–1415. DOI: 10.1080/00222939700770761 PDF Reference page.
Liu, Z-P. & Cuccodoro 2021. Megarthrus of China. Part 4. The M. hemipterus complex (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Proteininae), with description of a new species from Yunnan Province. Zookeys 1056ː 17–34. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1056.66553 Open access Reference page.
Rodríguez, W.D. & Navarrete-Heredia, J.L. 2015: A new Mexican species of Megarthrus Curtis (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Proteininae). Zootaxa 3918(4): 594–598. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3918.4.9. Reference page.

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

The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.[1]

Species:[1]

Megarthrus abessinus Bernhauer, 1931
Megarthrus adelphus Bierig, 1940
Megarthrus africanus Eichelbaum, 1913
Megarthrus aino Cuccodoro, 1996
Megarthrus alatorreorum Rodríguez & Navarrete-Heredia, 2015
Megarthrus alesi Cuccodoro, 2003
Megarthrus alienus Cuccodoro, 1998
Megarthrus alticola Cameron, 1924
Megarthrus altivagans Bernhauer, 1929
Megarthrus americanus Sachse, 1852
Megarthrus andinus López-García, Méndez-Rojas & Navarrete-Heredia, 2011
Megarthrus anggiensis Cuccodoro, 1998
Megarthrus angulicollis Mäklin, 1852
Megarthrus antennalis Cameron, 1941
Megarthrus apicicornis Cameron, 1950
Megarthrus arcuatus Hatch, 1957
Megarthrus ashei Cuccodoro & Löbl, 1996
Megarthrus atratus Mäklin, 1852
Megarthrus auricola Cuccodoro, 1995
Megarthrus balensis Cuccodoro, 1999
Megarthrus baliemensis Cuccodoro, 1998
Megarthrus bantu Cuccodoro & Löbl, 1995
Megarthrus basicornis Fauvel, 1904
Megarthrus basilewskyi Fagel, 1957
Megarthrus bellevoyei Saulcy, 1862
Megarthrus bierigi Cuccodoro, 2011
Megarthrus bimaculatus Fauvel, 1904
Megarthrus birmanus Fauvel, 1895
Megarthrus borealis Cuccodoro & Löbl, 1996
Megarthrus budai Liu & Cuccodoro, 2020
Megarthrus calcaratus Coiffait, 1977
Megarthrus cavianae Rodriguez, Navarrete-Heredia & Arriaga-Varela, 2020
Megarthrus chiapas Rodríguez, Navarrete-Heredia, Arriaga-Varela & Cuccodoro, 2020
Megarthrus chinese Li & Jingke, 1993
Megarthrus chobauti Fauvel, 1902
Megarthrus chujiao Liu & Cuccodoro, 2020
Megarthrus clarkei Cuccodoro & Löbl, 1995
Megarthrus con Cuccodoro, 2011
Megarthrus conformis K.Sawada, 1962
Megarthrus congoensis Cameron, 1950
Megarthrus conspirator Cuccodoro, 1996
Megarthrus constrictus Cuccodoro, 1996
Megarthrus convexus Sharp, 1874
Megarthrus coreanus Kim, Myoung Hee & Cuccodoro, 2011
Megarthrus corticalis Sharp, 1889
Megarthrus danieli Cuccodoro, 1999
Megarthrus dentatus Coiffait, 1977
Megarthrus denticollis (Beck, 1817)
Megarthrus dentipes Bernhauer, 1938
Megarthrus depressus (Paykull, 1789)
Megarthrus dissymetricus Coiffait, 1977
Megarthrus dominicae Cuccodoro & Löbl, 1995
Megarthrus elevatus Coiffait, 1977
Megarthrus excisus J.L.LeConte, 1863
Megarthrus fakir Cuccodoro, 2003
Megarthrus falasha Cuccodoro & Löbl, 1995
Megarthrus fennicus Lahtinen, 1938
Megarthrus festivus Cuccodoro, 2011
Megarthrus fijianus Cuccodoro, 1998
Megarthrus flavolimbatus Cameron, 1924
Megarthrus flavosignatus Bierig, 1940
Megarthrus geginati Cuccodoro, 2010
Megarthrus gigas Fagel, 1957
Megarthrus globulus Cuccodoro, 2011
Megarthrus gressitti Cuccodoro, 1998
Megarthrus harennaensis Cuccodoro, 1999
Megarthrus heise Zhang, Cuccodoro, Chen & Liu, 2021
Megarthrus hemipterus (Illiger, 1794)
Megarthrus horticola Cuccodoro & Löbl, 1995
Megarthrus hutu Cuccodoro & Löbl, 1995
Megarthrus impressicollis Eppelsheim, 1893
Megarthrus inaequalis Bierig, 1940
Megarthrus incubifer Cuccodoro, 1996
Megarthrus integricollis Coiffait, 1977
Megarthrus ivani Cuccodoro, 2003
Megarthrus japonicus Sharp, 1874
Megarthrus kamerunensis Bernhauer, 1942
Megarthrus kurbatovi Cuccodoro, 2018
Megarthrus kuscheli Cuccodoro, 1998
Megarthrus lanka Cuccodoro & Zhiping Liu, 2016
Megarthrus lisae Cuccodoro, 2011
Megarthrus loebli Cuccodoro, 2018
Megarthrus longicornis Wollaston, 1854
Megarthrus machu Cuccodoro, 2011
Megarthrus magnicaudatus Cuccodoro & Löbl, 1995
Megarthrus magnificus Cuccodoro, 2011
Megarthrus mahnerti Cuccodoro & Löbl, 1995
Megarthrus major Cuccodoro & Löbl, 1995
Megarthrus malaisei Scheerpeltz, 1965
Megarthrus mammiger Bierig, 1940
Megarthrus maniwaata Cuccodoro & Löbl, 1995
Megarthrus maronitus Fagel, 1968
Megarthrus martensi Coiffait, 1982
Megarthrus mastiger Bierig, 1940
Megarthrus merabet Cuccodoro & Löbl, 1995
Megarthrus metanas Cuccodoro, 2011
Megarthrus minor Coiffait, 1977
Megarthrus mirabilis Cuccodoro, 2011
Megarthrus montanus K.Sawada, 1962
Megarthrus monticola Cameron, 1942
Megarthrus mukankundiyeorum Cuccodoro & Löbl, 1995
Megarthrus mwami Cuccodoro & Löbl, 1995
Megarthrus nanus Cuccodoro & Löbl, 1995
Megarthrus narendrani Cuccodoro & Zhiping Liu, 2016
Megarthrus negus Cuccodoro & Löbl, 1995
Megarthrus newtoni Cuccodoro & Löbl, 1996
Megarthrus nigerrima Cameron, 1941
Megarthrus nigrinus J.Sahlberg, 1876
Megarthrus nilgiriensis Cuccodoro & Zhiping Liu, 2016
Megarthrus niloticus Cuccodoro & Löbl, 1995
Megarthrus nitidulus Kraatz, 1857
Megarthrus notabilis Cameron, 1941
Megarthrus occidentalis Cuccodoro & Löbl, 1996
Megarthrus octopus Cuccodoro, 2011
Megarthrus ogloblini Bruch, 1940
Megarthrus oromo Cuccodoro, 1999
Megarthrus ovalis Cameron, 1950
Megarthrus panga Cuccodoro & Löbl, 1995
Megarthrus parallelus Sharp, 1874
Megarthrus pecki Cuccodoro & Löbl, 1996
Megarthrus peckorum Cuccodoro, 1998
Megarthrus phoenix Cuccodoro, 2011
Megarthrus pictus Motschulsky, 1845
Megarthrus ping Cuccodoro, 2011
Megarthrus primus Cuccodoro, 1995
Megarthrus prosseni Schatzmayr, 1904
Megarthrus ras Cuccodoro & Löbl, 1995
Megarthrus riedeli Cuccodoro, 1998
Megarthrus rougemonti Cuccodoro & Löbl, 1995
Megarthrus rufomarginatus Cameron, 1914
Megarthrus saddu Cuccodoro, 2003
Megarthrus sawadai Cuccodoro, 1996
Megarthrus scotti Cuccodoro & Löbl, 1995
Megarthrus scriptus Sharp, 1889
Megarthrus sculpticollis Coiffait, 1982
Megarthrus selenitus Cuccodoro & Löbl, 1995
Megarthrus septempunctatus Champion, 1925
Megarthrus serrula Wollaston, 1865
Megarthrus sexpunctatus Cameron, 1941
Megarthrus shibatai K.Sawada, 1962
Megarthrus simienensis Fagel, 1957
Megarthrus smetanai Cuccodoro & Löbl, 1996
Megarthrus solitarius Sharp, 1887
Megarthrus spathuliformis Assing & Wunderle, 1999
Megarthrus spinosus Cuccodoro & Löbl, 1995
Megarthrus splendidus Cuccodoro, 2011
Megarthrus stercorarius Mulsant & Rey, 1878
Megarthrus strandi Scheerpeltz, 1931
Megarthrus stylifer Cuccodoro & Löbl, 1995
Megarthrus sumatrensis Cameron, 1928
Megarthrus tac Cuccodoro, 2011
Megarthrus taiwanus Cuccodoro, 2011
Megarthrus tibialis Coiffait, 1977
Megarthrus tic Cuccodoro, 2011
Megarthrus trisinuatus Cameron, 1924
Megarthrus twa Cuccodoro & Löbl, 1995
Megarthrus uhligi Cuccodoro & Löbl, 1997
Megarthrus umbonatus Fauvel, 1895
Megarthrus vanschuytbroecki Cuccodoro & Löbl, 1995
Megarthrus vastus Wendeler, 1926
Megarthrus watutsi Cuccodoro & Löbl, 1995
Megarthrus wayqecha Pérez, Rodríguez & Asenjo, 2020
Megarthrus wittei Cameron, 1950
Megarthrus wollastoni Cuccodoro & Löbl, 1997
Megarthrus yeti Cuccodoro, 2003
Megarthrus zekorum Cuccodoro & Löbl, 1997
Megarthrus zerchei Cuccodoro & Löbl, 1997
Megarthrus zulu Cuccodoro & Löbl, 1995
Megarthrus zunilensis Sharp, 1887

References

"Megarthrus Stephens, 1829". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 6 March 2021.