Rabigus

Rabigus
Rabigus pullus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Staphyliniformia
Family:	Staphylinidae
Genus:	Rabigus Mulsant & Rey, 1876

Rabigus is a genus of rove beetles belonging to the subfamily Staphylininae. ^{[1] [2] [3]} The species of this genus are distributed in the Palaearctic, Oriental, and Nearctic realms. ^{[2] [3]}

Species

There are 25 recognized species: ^[1]

• Rabigus abauriae (Gridelli, 1924)
• Rabigus alienus (Eppelsheim, 1889)
• Rabigus basipilosus (Schubert, K., 1908)
• Rabigus cuspus Fei & Zhou, 2021 ^[2]
• Rabigus escurialensis (Pérez-Arcas, 1865)
• Rabigus fomitschevi Khachikov, 2005
• Rabigus formosus (Motschulsky, 1860)
• Rabigus hindostanus (Schubert, K., 1911)
• Rabigus inconstans (Sharp, 1889)
• Rabigus jumlensis Coiffait, 1982
• Rabigus karakorus Coiffait, 1981
• Rabigus ladakhensis Coiffait, 1982
• Rabigus laxellus (Casey, 1915)
• Rabigus ocaleoides (Sahlberg, J., 1908)
• Rabigus pamirensis (Sharp, 1878)
• Rabigus princeps (Bernhauer, 1902)
• Rabigus pulloides Coiffait, 1982
• Rabigus pullus (Nordmann, 1837)
• Rabigus purkynei (Smetana, 1963)
• Rabigus queinneci Coiffait, 1983
• Rabigus ruficapillus (Reitter, 1887)
• Rabigus sagittus Fei & Zhou, 2021 ^[2]
• Rabigus syriacus (Gridelli, 1924)
• Rabigus tenuis (Fabricius, 1792)
• Rabigus triquetrus Fei & Zhou, 2021 ^[2]

References

1. "Rabigus Mulsant & Rey, 1876". Catalogue of Life . Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
2. Fei, Xu-Dong; Zhou, Hong-Zhang (2021). "Three new species of Rabigus Mulsant & Rey (Coleoptera, Staphylininae, Philonthina) from China". Zootaxa. 4996 (1): 126–132. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4996.1.4.
3. "Rabigus Mulsant & Rey, 1876". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 8 November 2025.