Stenus zhengi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Staphylinoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Amorphea
Cladus: Obazoa
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Cladus: Filozoa
Cladus: Choanozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Superphylum: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Mandibulata
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Holometabola
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Staphyliniformia
Superfamilia: Staphylinoidea

Familia: Staphylinidae
Subfamilia: Steninae
Genus: Stenus
Species: Stenus zhengi

Name

Stenus zhengi Puthz, 2025: 297 [nom. nov.]

  • Type locality: CHINA: Sichuan.

Synonymy

  • Dianous aequalis Zheng, 1993: 199 [org. comb.]
    • Stenus zhengi Puthz, 2025: 291 [nom. nov.; nec Stenus aequalis Mulsant & Rry, 1861: 154]

Native distribution areas

China (Sichuan, Guizhou, Jiangxi, Guangdong, Zhejiang), Vietnam.

References

Primary references

  • Puthz, V. 2025. Taxonomische Konsequenzen der neueren Untersuchungen der Subfamilie Steninae Macleay (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) (378. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Steninen). Linzer biologische Beiträge 57(1): 285–310. PDF Open access. Reference page.  [nom. nov.: p. 297]
  • Zheng F.-K. 1993. A preliminary study on Dianous Leach from Sichuan and Yunnan Provinces, China (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Steninae). Acta entomologica sinica 36: 198–206 [Chinese with English Summary]. Reference page.  [original description: p. 199, figs. 1 a-c]

Additional references

  • Puthz, V. 2016. Übersicht über die Arten der Gattung Dianous Leach group II (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) 347. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Steninen. [Synopsis of the species of the genus Dianous Leach group II. (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae).] Linzer biologische Beiträge 48(1): 705–778. Full article (PDF) Reference page.  [material: p. 746]
  • Shuai, Q. & Tang, L. 2019. The genus Dianous in Zhejiang, East China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). Zootaxa 4706(2): 275–295. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4706.2.4 Paywall. Reference page.  [material, distribution: p. 285, figs. 11, 12, 65–76, 117]