Bledius

Bledius
Bledius furcatus (left) and Bledius unicornis (right)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Staphyliniformia
Family:	Staphylinidae
Subfamily:	Oxytelinae
Tribe:	Blediini
Genus:	Bledius Leach, 1819

Bledius is a genus of spiny-legged rove beetles in the family Staphylinidae. There are at least 100 described species in Bledius. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

See also

• List of Bledius species

References

1. "Bledius Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
2. "Bledius". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 2018-02-25.
3. "Bledius Leach, 1819". Catalogue of Life . Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 7 July 2025.

• Samouelle, George (2015) [1819]. The Entomologist's Useful Compendium; or, An Introduction to the Knowledge of British Insects. Palala Press. ISBN   978-1341958885.

Further reading

• Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. Vol. 2nd Edition. CRC Press. ISBN   0-8493-0212-9.
• Arthur V. Evans & James N. Hogue (2006). Field Guide to Beetles of California. University of California Press.
• Blatchley, W.S. (1910). An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub.
• Brunke, A.; Marshall, S. (2011). "Contributions to the faunistics and bionomics of Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) in northeastern North America: discoveries made through study of the University of Guelph Insect Collection, Ontario, Canada". ZooKeys. 75: 29–68. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.75.767 . PMC   3088045 . PMID   21594139.
• Capinera, John L., ed. (2008). Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. ISBN   978-1402062421.
• Crotch, G.R. (1873). Check list of the Coleoptera of America, north of Mexico. Naturalists' Agency.
• Frank J.H.; Ahn K.J. (2011). "Coastal Staphylinidae (Coleoptera): A worldwide checklist, biogeography and natural history". ZooKeys. 107: 1–98. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.107.1651 . PMC   3392188 . PMID   22792029.
• Klimaszewski, J.; McLean, J.; Chandler, D.; Savard, K.; Li, A. (2009). "Survey of rove beetles (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with new records and description of a new species. Part 2". ZooKeys. 22: 19–33. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.22.177 .
• Klimaszewski, J.; McLean, J.; Li, A.; Savard, K. (2009). "Survey of rove beetles (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with new records and description of a new species. Part 1". ZooKeys. 22: 5–17. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.22.86 .
• Le Conte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.38459 . ISBN   0665100558.{{cite book}}: ; |journal= ignored (help)
• Leng, Charles W. (1920). Catalogue of the Coleoptera of America, North of Mexico. John D. Sherman, Jr.
• Mazur, Slawomir (2004). Lobl, I.; Smetana, A. (eds.). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 2: Hydrophiloidea - Histeroidea - Staphylinoidea. Apollo Books. pp. 68–102. ISBN   87-88757-74-9.
• Peck, Stewart B. & Michael C. Thomas (1998). A distributional checklist of the beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville.
• Poole, Robert W.; Gentili, Patricia, eds. (1996). "A Check List of the Insects of North America: Coleoptera". Nomina Insecta Nearctica. 1: Coleoptera, Strepsiptera. Entomological Information Services: 41–820.
• White, Richard E. (1983). A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin.

External links

• Cheng, L. (Ed.). (1976). Marine insects. North-Holland Publishing Company: Amsterdam, the Netherlands. XII, 581 pp. ISBN   0-444-11213-8