A revision of Medon. XI. Five new species, additional records, and the first confirmed records from the Oriental region (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae)
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https://doi.org/10.21248/contrib.entomol.68.1.69-81Abstract
Five species of the paederine genus Medon Stephens, 1833 from the East Palaearctic and Oriental regions are described and illustrated: Medon arunicus spec. nov. (East Nepal: Arun valley) and M. acutapicalis spec. nov. (East Nepal: Theratum district) of the M. apicalis group; M. sundaicus spec. nov. (Indonesia: Java, Sulawesi) and M. sabahicus spec. nov. (Malaysia: Sabah) of the M. ferrugineus group; M. emeianus spec. nov. (China: Emei Shan) of the M. profundus group. Medon sundaicus and M. sabahicus represent the first confirmed records of the genus from the Oriental region. Additional records of 32 species and subspecies are reported, among them several new country records. Medon is now represented in the Palaearctic region by five species groups and 86 confirmed species, 23 of which are distributed in the East Palaearctic region.
Nomenclatural Acts
- Medon arunicus spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:69F2F945-73D2-455D-A9E4-AED64A103AE8
- Medon acutapicalis spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:78914E12-DB20-4D30-AA87-E81646700BC5
- Medon sundaicus spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:5009E115-85F9-441E-9348-2FFCEEC75102
- Medon sahahicus spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:24AF6CD2-27BC-45D4-A2AB-735AA815D552
- Medon emeianus spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:30FF85B2-BAA4-466A-8544-39A67BC45938
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<DIV CLASS="zitation"><SPAN CLASS="autor">Assing, V.</SPAN> 2004b: A revision of Western Palaearctic <EM>Medon </EM><SPAN CLASS="autor">Stephens </SPAN>(Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Paederinae). Supplement I. – Linzer Biologische Beiträge <B>36</B>(2): 655–662 - <A HREF="https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/LBB_0036_2_0655-0662.pdf" TARGET="_blank">https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/LBB_0036_2_0655-0662.pdf</A>.</DIV>
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<DIV CLASS="zitation"><SPAN CLASS="autor">Shibata, Y. & Fujimoto, H.</SPAN> 2017: A new intertidal species of the genus <EM>Medon</EM> (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae) from Kagawa, Japan. – Elytra, Tokyo, New Series <B>7</B>(1): 55–60.</DIV>
<DIV CLASS="zitation"><SPAN CLASS="autor">Assing, V.</SPAN> 2004b: A revision of Western Palaearctic <EM>Medon </EM><SPAN CLASS="autor">Stephens </SPAN>(Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Paederinae). Supplement I. – Linzer Biologische Beiträge <B>36</B>(2): 655–662 - <A HREF="https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/LBB_0036_2_0655-0662.pdf" TARGET="_blank">https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/LBB_0036_2_0655-0662.pdf</A>.</DIV>
<DIV CLASS="zitation"><SPAN CLASS="autor">Assing, V.</SPAN> 2005: A revision of Western Palaearctic <EM>Medon</EM>. IV. A new species and new records from Iran, and a catalogue of species (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Paederinae). – Linzer Biologische Beiträge <B>37</B>(2): 1027–1034 - <A HREF="https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/LBB_0037_2_1027-1034.pdf" TARGET="_blank">https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/LBB_0037_2_1027-1034.pdf</A>.</DIV>
<DIV CLASS="zitation"><SPAN CLASS="autor">Assing, V.</SPAN> 2006: A revision of Western Palaearctic <EM>Medon</EM>: the species of the Atlantic Islands, the Western Mediterranean, and Europe, except for the southeast (Insecta: Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). – Bonner Zoologische Beiträge <B>54 (2005)</B>(1-2): 25–95 - <A HREF="http://www.zoologicalbulletin.de/BzB_Volumes/Volume_54_1_2/025_095_BzB54_1_2_AssingV.pdf" TARGET="_blank">http://www.zoologicalbulletin.de/BzB_Volumes/Volume_54_1_2/025_095_BzB54_1_2_AssingV.pdf</A>.</DIV>
<DIV CLASS="zitation"><SPAN CLASS="autor">Assing, V.</SPAN> 2007a: A revision of Western Palaearctic <EM>Medon</EM>. V. A new species from Iran and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Paederinae). – Linzer Biologische Beiträge <B>39</B>(1): 23–32 - <A HREF="https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/LBB_0039_1_0023-0032.pdf" TARGET="_blank">https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/LBB_0039_1_0023-0032.pdf</A>.</DIV>
<DIV CLASS="zitation"><SPAN CLASS="autor">Assing, V.</SPAN> 2007b: A revision of Western Palaearctic <EM>Medon</EM>. VI. A new species from Turkey and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Paederinae). – Linzer Biologische Beiträge <B>39</B>(2): 791–797 - <A HREF="https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/LBB_0039_2_0791-0797.pdf" TARGET="_blank">https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/LBB_0039_2_0791-0797.pdf</A>.</DIV>
<DIV CLASS="zitation"><SPAN CLASS="autor">Assing, V.</SPAN> 2009: A revision of Western Palaearctic <EM>Medon</EM>. VII. A new species from southern Turkey and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). – Linzer Biologische Beiträge <B>41</B>(2): 1253–1268 - <A HREF="https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/LBB_0041_2_1253-1268.pdf" TARGET="_blank">https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/LBB_0041_2_1253-1268.pdf</A>.</DIV>
<DIV CLASS="zitation"><SPAN CLASS="autor">Assing, V.</SPAN> 2010: A revision of Palaearctic <EM>Medon</EM>. VIII. A new species from Nepal and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). – Linzer Biologische Beiträge <B>42</B>(1): 489–498 - <A HREF="https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/LBB_0042_1_0489-0498.pdf" TARGET="_blank">https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/LBB_0042_1_0489-0498.pdf</A>.</DIV>
<DIV CLASS="zitation"><SPAN CLASS="autor">Assing, V.</SPAN> 2013: A revision of Palaearctic <EM>Medon</EM>. IX. New species, new synonymies, a new combination, and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). – Entomologische Blätter und Coleoptera <B>109</B>: 233–270.</DIV>
<DIV CLASS="zitation"><SPAN CLASS="autor">Assing, V.</SPAN> 2014: Three new species and a new species group of <EM>Medon </EM>from China and Taiwan (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). – Linzer Biologische Beiträge <B>46</B>(1): 515–523 - <A HREF="https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/LBB_0046_1_0515-0523.pdf" TARGET="_blank">https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/LBB_0046_1_0515-0523.pdf</A>.</DIV>
<DIV CLASS="zitation"><SPAN CLASS="autor">Assing, V.</SPAN> 2016: On the Staphylinidae of the Greek island Karpathos (Insecta: Coleoptera). – Linzer Biologische Beiträge <B>48</B>(1): 235–263 - <A HREF="https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/LBB_0048_1_0235-0263.pdf" TARGET="_blank">https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/LBB_0048_1_0235-0263.pdf</A>.</DIV>
<DIV CLASS="zitation"><SPAN CLASS="autor">Schülke, M. & Smetana, A.</SPAN> 2015: Staphylinidae. - <SPAN CLASS="autor">Löbl, I. & Löbl, D.</SPAN> (eds): Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. New, updated Edition. Volume 2. Hydrophiloidea – Staphylinoidea. Revised and updated edition. - Brill, Leiden: xxvi+1702.</DIV>
<DIV CLASS="zitation"><SPAN CLASS="autor">Shibata, Y. & Fujimoto, H.</SPAN> 2017: A new intertidal species of the genus <EM>Medon</EM> (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae) from Kagawa, Japan. – Elytra, Tokyo, New Series <B>7</B>(1): 55–60.</DIV>
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Assing, V. 2018: A revision of Medon. XI. Five new species, additional records, and the first confirmed records from the Oriental region (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae) - Contributions to Entomology = Beiträge Zur Entomologie 68(1): 69–81 - doi: 10.21248/contrib.entomol.68.1.69-81
