Biology:Micropeplus

Short description: Genus of beetles

Micropeplus Temporal range: Cenomanian–Recent PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
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Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Staphylinidae
Subfamily:	Micropeplinae
Genus:	Micropeplus Latreille, 1809

Micropeplus is a genus of rove beetles in the family Staphylinidae. There are at least 40 described species in Micropeplus.

Species

These 43 species belong to the genus Micropeplus:

• Micropeplus browni Campbell, 1968 ^{g b}
• Micropeplus brunneus Méklin, 1852 ^g
• Micropeplus caelatus Erichson, 1839 ^g
• Micropeplus calabricus Reitter, 1907 ^g
• Micropeplus clypeatus Campbell, 1992 ^{c g}
• Micropeplus cribratus LeConte, 1863 ^{g b}
• Micropeplus dentatus Zhao & Zhou, 2004 ^{c g}
• Micropeplus doderoi Normand, 1920 ^g
• Micropeplus fulvus Erichson, 1840 ^{c g}
• Micropeplus gomerensis Assing, 1999 ^g
• Micropeplus graecus Reitter, 1887 ^g
• Micropeplus jason ^g
• Micropeplus laevipennis Eppelsheim, 1880 ^{c g}
• Micropeplus laticollis Méklin, 1853 ^{g b}
• Micropeplus latus Hampe, 1861 ^g
• Micropeplus longipennis Kraatz, 1859 ^{c g}
• Micropeplus marietti Jacquelin du Val, 1857 ^g
• Micropeplus minor Campbell, 1974 ^g
• Micropeplus neotomae ^b
• Micropeplus nitidipennis Campbell, 1995 ^{c g}
• Micropeplus nomurai Watanabe, 2000 ^{c g}
• Micropeplus obscurus Campbell, 1992 ^{c g}
• Micropeplus obsoletus Rey, 1884 ^g
• Micropeplus parvulus ^g
• Micropeplus piankouensis ^g
• Micropeplus porcatus Paykull, 1789 ^g
• Micropeplus punctatus LeConte, 1863 ^b
• Micropeplus punicus Normand, 1928 ^b
• Micropeplus ripicola Kerstens, 1964 ^g
• Micropeplus robustus Campbell, 1968 ^g
• Micropeplus rougemonti Watanabe, 1995 ^{c g}
• Micropeplus sculptus LeConte, 1863 ^{g b}
• Micropeplus shanghaiensis Li & Zhao, 2001 ^{c g}
• Micropeplus sinensis Watanabe & Luo, 1991 ^{c g}
• Micropeplus sinuatus Campbell, 1992 ^{c g}
• Micropeplus smetanai Campbell, 1973 ^g
• Micropeplus spinatus Campbell, 1992 ^{c g}
• Micropeplus staphylinoides (Marsham, 1802) ^g
• Micropeplus taiwanensis Campbell, 1992 ^{c g}
• Micropeplus tesserula ^b
• Micropeplus uenoi Watanabe, 2000 ^{c g}
• Micropeplus yunnanus Watanabe & Xiao, 1996 ^{c g}
• Micropeplus yushanensis Campbell, 1995 ^{c g}
• Micropeplus liweiae

Data sources: i = Integrated Taxonomic Information System, c = Catalogue of Life, g = Global Biodiversity Information Facility, b = Bugguide.net

Fossil species

• †Micropeplus hoogendorni Matthews 1970 Imuruk Volcanics Formation, Alaska, Messinian
• †Micropeplus hopkinsi Matthews 1970 Imuruk Volcanics Formation, Alaska, Messinian
• †Micropeplus macrofulvus Gersdorf 1976 Willershausen, Germany, Piacenzian
• †Micropeplus pengweii Jiang et al. 2020 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian

Further reading

• Blatchley, W.S. (1910). An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera or beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. The Nature Publishing Co. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18111#page/5/mode/1up. 
• Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A. et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (88): 1–972. doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. ISSN 1313-2989. PMID 21594053. 
• 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. PMC 3088045. https://archive.org/details/pubmed-PMC3088045. 
• 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. et al. (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. 
• LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 066510055-8. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/85732. 
• 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. 
• White, Richard E. (1998). A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 039591089-7. https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780395910894. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q4044213 entry