Tasgius (Tasgius) pedator (Gravenhorst 1802) ♀ (Coleoptera Staphylinoidea Staphylinidæ Staphylininæ Staphylinini Staphylinina)

Illustration for a comparative ecophylogenetic analysis of local myrmecofaunas, based on r/K selection theory and intra / interspecific parabiosis / lestobiosis, particularly focused on allochthonous and invasive species.

 

[Tasgius Stephens 1829: 49 (IT: 29) spp]

 

63,650 Staphylinidæ spp classification is ongoing, with some proposing as many as 10 separate ff, but the current favored system is one of 32 sff, ∼167 tbb (some grouped into Stbb) & ∼3,200 gg; ∼400 new spp are being described each year, and some ℮℮ suggest 75% of tropical spp are as yet undescribed.

 

REFERENCES

 

L. Lü & al. 2019: Staphylinoidea evolution.

O. Betz & al. 2018: Staphylinidæ biology.

A. Smetana 2010: Tasgius monography.

A. Smetana & A. Davies 2000: Staphylinus reclassification.

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