Velleius

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: Staphylinini
Subtribus: Quediina
Genus: Quedius
Subgenus: Velleius
Species: Q. amamiensis – Q. circumipectus – Q. dilatatus – Q. elongatus – Q. pectinatus – Q. sagittalis – Q. setosus – Q. watanabei
Name

Quedius (Velleius) Leach, 1819: 172

Type species: Staphylinus dilatatus Fabricius, 1787, fixed by subsequent designation by Westwood 1838: 15.

Synonymy

Laverna Gistel, 1829: 1129
Type species: Staphylinus dilatatus Fabricius, 1787, fixed by monotypy.
Necrotroctes Gistel, 1834: 8 [synonym in Bousquet & Bouchard, 2017: 117]
Type species: Staphylinus dilatatus Fabricius, 1787, fixed by monotypy.

Velleius dilatatus

References
Primary references

Leach, W.E. 1819. [new genera]. In: Samouelle G.: The entomologist’s useful compendium; or an introduction to the knowledge of British insects comprising the best means of obtaining and preserving them, and a description of the apparatus generally used; together with the genera of Linné, and the modern method of arranging the classes Crustacea, Myriapoda, spiders, mites and insects from their affinities and structure, according to the views of Dr. Leach. Also an explanation of the terms used in entomology: a calendar of the times of appearance, and usual situations of near 3000 species of British insects; with instructions for collecting and fitting up objects for the microscope. London: Thomas Boys, 496 pp. BHL Reference page. [original description: p. 172]
Smetana, A. 2013. Velleius Leach, 1819 stat. nov., a subgenus of Quedius Stephens, 1829 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylinini: Quediina). Studies and reports (taxonomical series) 9(1): 201–206. Full article (PDF). Reference page. [stat. nov.]

Additional references

Zhao, Z-Y. & Zhou, H-Z. 2015: Phylogeny and taxonomic revision of the subgenus Velleius Leach (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae). Zootaxa 3957(3): 251–276. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3957.3.1. Preview (PDF) Reference page.