Staph Beetle
Quedius mesomelinus (Marsham, 1802)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum | Hexapoda |
| Class | Insecta |
| Order | Coleoptera |
| Family | Staphylinidae |
| Genus | Quedius |
| Species | Quedius mesomelinus (Marsham, 1802) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Troglophile
- Realm
- Terrestrial
Distribution
Range
Known from three counties across two states.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Iowa, Minnesota
Counties
- Iowa
- Dubuque, Jackson
- Minnesota
- Wabasha
Conservation and management
NatureServe
GNR Unranked
National ranks
- United States
- NNR
- Canada
- NNA
Subnational ranks
- RI
- SNR Unranked
- Alberta
- SNA Not Applicable
- British Columbia
- SNA Not Applicable
- Quebec
- SNA Not Applicable
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- SNA Not Applicable
- Nova Scotia
- SNA Not Applicable
- Ontario
- SNA Not Applicable
- Saskatchewan
- SNA Not Applicable
- Manitoba
- SNA Not Applicable
- New Brunswick
- SNA Not Applicable
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
References
- Peck, S.B. 1988. A review of the cave fauna of Canada, and the composition and ecology of the invertebrate fauna of caves and mines in Ontario. Canadian Journal of Zoology 66: 1197–1213. doi:10.1139/z88-176
- Peck, S.B. & Christiansen, K. 1990. Evolution and zoogeography of the invertebrate cave faunas of the Driftless Area of the upper Mississippi River Valley of Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Illinois, U.S.A. Canadian Journal of Zoology 68: 73–88. doi:10.1139/z90-012
How to cite this account
Quedius mesomelinus (Marsham, 1802). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2014. https://cavebiology.org/species/quedius-mesomelinus/ (accessed 6 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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