Ocypus nitens

Ocypus nitens is a species of large rove beetle in the family Staphylinidae.[1][2][3]

Ocypus nitens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Staphylinidae
Genus:	Ocypus
Species:	O. nitens
Binomial name
Ocypus nitens (Schrank, 1781)

Subspecies

These two subspecies belong to the species Ocypus nitens:

• Ocypus nitens grigiensis (Reitter, 1918) ^g
• Ocypus nitens ochropus (J.Muller, 1950) ^g

Data sources: i = ITIS,[4] c = Catalogue of Life,[5] g = GBIF,[1] b = Bugguide.net[2]

References

1. "Ocypus nitens". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
2. "Ocypus nitens Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
3. "Ocypus nitens Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
4. "ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System". Retrieved 2018-04-06.
5. "Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2018-04-06.

Further reading

• 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.
• 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.; 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 0665100558.
• White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.

External links

• Media related to Ocypus nitens at Wikimedia Commons