Genus Cafius Stephens, 1829

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• Cafius Stephens, J.F. 1829. The Nomenclature of British Insects; together with their synonyms: being a compendious list of such species as are contained in the systematic catalogue of British insects, and of those discovered subsequently to its publication; forming a guide to their classification, etc. London : Baldwin & Craddock 68 pp. [23].

  Type species:

   Staphylinus xantholoma Gravenhorst, 1806 by subsequent designation, see Curtis, J. 1830. British Entomology; being illustrations and descriptions of the genera of insects found in Great Britain and Ireland. London : J. Curtis Vol. VII pp. folios 290-337. [pl. 322].
• Remus Holme, F. 1837. Notice of the coleopterous insects observed in the Scilly Islands in July and August, 1836. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 2: 58-64 [64].

  Type species:

   Remus sericeus Holme, 1837 by monotypy.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Yoo, I-S., Song, J-H & Ahn, K-J. 2021. Total-evidence phylogeny of the coastal Cafius complex (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) and its new generic concepts. Zoologica Scripta 50: 734-751 [746]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Tas, Vic: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Other Regions

Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
24-Dec-2020	Philonthina Kirby, 1837	26-May-2022	MODIFIED
		13-May-2011	ADDED