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]
| Bledius | |
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| Bledius furcatus (left) and Bledius unicornis (right) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Staphyliniformia |
| Family: | Staphylinidae |
| Subfamily: | Oxytelinae |
| Tribe: | Blediini |
| Genus: | Bledius Leach, 1819 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ↑ "Bledius Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
- ↑ "Bledius". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
- ↑ "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
edit- 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}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help);|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
edit- Cheng, L. (Ed.). (1976). Marine insects. North-Holland Publishing Company: Amsterdam, the Netherlands. XII, 581 pp. ISBN 0-444-11213-8
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