Biology:Bledius

Short description: Genus of beetles

Bledius
Bledius furcatus (left) and Bledius unicornis (right)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Staphylinidae
Subfamily:	Oxytelinae
Tribe:	Blediini
Genus:	Bledius Leach, 1819

Bledius is a genus of spiny-legged rove beetles in the family Staphylinidae. There are at least 100 described species in Bledius.

See also

• List of Bledius species

References

• The Entomologist's Useful Compendium; or, An Introduction to the Knowledge of British Insects. Palala Press. 2015. ISBN 978-1341958885. 

Further reading

• Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. 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. PMID 21594139. 
• Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. 2008. 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. 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. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/85732. 
• Leng, Charles W. (1920). Catalogue of the Coleoptera of America, North of Mexico. John D. Sherman, Jr.. 
• Mazur, Slawomir (2004). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Apollo Books. 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. 
• "A Check List of the Insects of North America: Coleoptera". Nomina Insecta Nearctica (Entomological Information Services) 1: Coleoptera, Strepsiptera: 41–820. 1996. 
• White, Richard E. (1983). A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin. 

External links

• Cheng, L. (Ed.). (1976). Marine insects. North-Holland Publishing Company: Amsterdam, the Netherlands. XII, 581 pp. ISBN 0-444-11213-8
• Frank, H.; Ahn, K.-J. (2011). Coastal Staphylinidae (Coleoptera): A worldwide checklist, biogeography and natural history. ZooKeys. 107: 1-98

Wikidata ☰ Q883411 entry