Oxytelus varipennis

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Oxytelus varipennis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Staphyliniformia
Family: Staphylinidae
Genus: Oxytelus
Species:
O. varipennis
Binomial name
Oxytelus varipennis
Kraatz, 1859

Oxytelus varipennis is a species of rove beetle widely spread in Asia and Europe. It is found in China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan, Myanmar, Indonesia, Pakistan, [1] India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, and Egypt. [2] [3] [4]

Description

Male is about 4.6 mm and female is 3.7 mm in length. [2]

The Egyptian population is assigned as a subspecies: O. v. pharaonum. [2]

References

  1. ↑ Nasir, Shabab; Akram, Waseem; Zahid, Faisal Maqbool; Ahmed, Farooq; Hussain, Syed Makhdoom; Nasir, Iram (January 2015). "Effect of Crop Type and Production Systems (Conventional and Organic Agriculture) on the Density of Rove Beetles (Staphylinidae: Coleoptera) in the Punjab, Pakistan". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. pp. 1–9. doi:10.2317/JKES1304.09.1 . Retrieved 2021-07-06.
  2. 1 2 3 Lü, Liang; Zhou, Hong-Zhang (2012-12-07). "Taxonomy of the genus Oxytelus Gravenhorst (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Oxytelinae) from China". Zootaxa. p. 1. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3576.1.1 . Retrieved 2021-07-06.
  3. ↑ Lü, Liang; Zhou, Hong-Zhang (2015-07-30). "Revision of the genus Oxytelus Gravenhorst (Staphylinidae: Oxytelinae) in Southeast Asia". Zootaxa. p. 1. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3992.1.1 . Retrieved 2021-07-06.
  4. ↑ "Biodiversity of Staphylinids in cropped area of the Punjab (Pakistan)" (PDF). Pak. J. Agri. Sci., Vol. 48(2), 125-128. Retrieved 2021-07-05.


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