Rugilus rufipes (GERMAR 1836)

Assing, V., 2008, On the taxonomy and zoogeography of some Palaearctic Paederinae and Xantholinini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 40 (2), pp. 1237-1294 : 1246

Rugilus rufipes (GERMAR 1836)

Stilicus nematideus GISTEL 1857: 19 ; nov syn.

C o m m e n t: The nomen dubium Stilicus nematideus GISTEL was made available in a widely neglected paper containing more than 800 non-informative descriptions of miscellaneous animals. With few exceptions, Gistel´s type material, which according to HORN et al (1990) is deposited in the Zoologische Staatssammlung München, is lost (BAEHR pers. comm.).

The original description of S. nematideus best fits Rugilus rufipes ("Dunkelbraun,..., Kopf viereckig,..., Brustschild eiförmig,.... Zu Paederus scabricollis gyl."). Hence the synonymy proposed above.