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Platystethus nitens

Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae

Taxonomy
Oxytelus nitens was named by Sahlberg (1832). It is extant.

It was recombined as Platystethus nitens by Coope et al. (1961), Herman (2001) and Green et al. (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1832Oxytelus nitens Sahlberg
1961Platystethus nitens Coope et al.
2001Platystethus nitens Herman p. 1482
2006Platystethus nitens Green et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
RankNameAuthor
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderStaphyliniformia
superfamilyStaphylinoidea
familyStaphylinidae()
subfamilyOxytelinae()
tribeOxytelini
genusPlatystethusMannerheim 1830
speciesnitens(Sahlberg 1832)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Platystethus nitens Sahlberg 1832
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available