Medon (beetle)

Medon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Staphyliniformia
Family:	Staphylinidae
Tribe:	Lathrobiini
Subtribe:	Medonina
Genus:	Medon (Platymedon) truncatum Hatch, 1957

Medon is a genus of rove beetles in the family Staphylinidae. There are at least 60 described species in Medon. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

Species

These 67 species belong to the genus Medon:

• Medon adamsoni Cameron, 1933 ^g
• Medon americanus Casey, 1905 ^g
• Medon apicalis (Kraatz, 1857) ^g
• Medon augur Fauvel, 1906 ^g
• Medon beroni Coiffait, 1970 ^g
• Medon brunneus (Erichson, 1839) ^g
• Medon bulgaricus Coiffait, 1970 ^g
• Medon castaneus (Gravenhorst, 1802) ^g
• Medon cauchoisi Jarrige, 1949 ^g
• Medon celebensis Sharp, 1908 ^{i c g}
• Medon cerrutii Coiffait, 1976 ^g
• Medon choparti Coiffait, 1987 ^g
• Medon confertus Sharp ^g
• Medon convergens (Casey, 1886) ^g
• Medon croaticus Toth, 1980 ^g
• Medon ctenophorum Hatch, 1957 ^g
• Medon despectus (Fairmaire, 1860) ^g
• Medon dilutus (Erichson, 1839) ^g
• Medon dobrogicus Decu & Georgescu, 1995 ^g
• Medon erevanensis Coiffait, 1970 ^g
• Medon feloi Assing, 1998 ^g
• Medon ferrugineus (Erichson, 1840) ^g
• Medon fuscipennis Kraatz, 1859 ^{i c g}
• Medon fusculus (Mannerheim, 1830) ^g
• Medon gomyi Lecoq, 1987 ^g
• Medon guignoti Coiffait, 1987 ^g
• Medon guppyi (Hatch, 1957) ^g
• Medon haafi Scheerpeltz, 1956 ^g
• Medon hatchi Herman, 2003 ^g
• Medon indigena (Wollaston, 1857) ^g
• Medon insulanus ^b
• Medon insularis Casey, 1905 ^g
• Medon laticollis (Casey, 1889) ^g
• Medon lecoqi Janák, 2014 ^g
• Medon lewisius Sharp ^g
• Medon macedonicus Coiffait, 1976 ^g
• Medon marinus Cameron, 1944 ^g
• Medon mcleodi Hatch, 1957 ^g
• Medon olympicus Scheerpeltz, 1963 ^g
• Medon pacifica Cameron, 1933 ^g
• Medon papeetensis Coiffait, 1980 ^g
• Medon paradobrogicus Decu & Georgescu, 1995 ^g
• Medon perniger Coiffait, 1978 ^g
• Medon petrochilosi Coiffait, 1970 ^g
• Medon piceus (Kraatz, 1858) ^g
• Medon planus (Kraatz, 1859) ^g
• Medon pocofer (Peyron, 1858) ^g
• Medon pocoferus (Peyron, 1857) ^g
• Medon prolixus (Sharp, 1874) ^g
• Medon pugetensis Hatch, 1957 ^g
• Medon pythonissa (Saulcy, 1864) ^g
• Medon quadratus Hatch, 1957 ^g
• Medon rhodiensis Scheerpeltz, 1963 ^g
• Medon ripicola (Kraatz, 1854) ^g
• Medon rubeculus Sharp, 1889 ^g
• Medon rufipenne ^b
• Medon rufiventris (Nordmann, 1837) ^g
• Medon sardous Dodero, 1922 ^g
• Medon shastanicus (Casey, 1905) ^g
• Medon subcoriaceus (Wollaston, 1864) ^g
• Medon submaculatus Sharp ^g
• Medon subterraneus Coiffait, 1970 ^g
• Medon tahitiensis Coiffait, 1976 ^g
• Medon truncatus Hatch, 1957 ^g
• Medon vancouveri (Casey, 1905) ^g
• Medon vicentensis Serrano, 1993 ^g
• Medon vitalei Bernhauer, 1936 ^g

Data sources: i = ITIS, ^[1] c = Catalogue of Life, ^[2] g = GBIF, ^[3] b = Bugguide.net ^[4]

References

1. "Medon Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
2. "Browse Medon". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
3. "Medon". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
4. "Medon Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
5. "Medon Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-04.

Further reading

• Blatchley, W.S. (1910). An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub.
• Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (88). Pensoft Publishers: 1–972. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.88.807 . ISSN   1313-2989. PMC   3088472 . PMID   21594053.
• 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.
• 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.; et al. (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 .
• LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.38459 . ISBN   0665100558.
• 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.
• White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides) . Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN   0395910897.

External links

• Media related to Medon at Wikimedia Commons