Species Cafius nauticus (Fairmaire, 1849)
- Philonthus nauticus Fairmaire, L. 1849. Essai sur les Coléoptères de la Polynesie. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie (Paris) 2 1: 227-291, 352-365, 410-422, 445-460, 504-516, 550-559 [288].
- Cafius densiventris Fauvel, A. 1877. Les Staphylinides de l'Australie et de la Polynésie (1e mémoire). Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova 10: 168–298 [258].
- Philonthus parallelus Kraatz, G. 1859. Die Staphylinen-Fauna von Ostindien, insbesondere der Insel Ceylan. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 25(1): 1-193, pls 1-3 [Date published Sep. 1859] [99].
- Ocypus longipennis Walker, F. 1858. Characters of some apparently undescribed Ceylon insects. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3 2(9): 202–209 [Sept. 1858] [205].
- Philonthus puncticollis Boheman, C.H. 1858. Coleoptera. In, Boheman, C.H. (ed.). Kongliga Svenska Fregatten Eugenies resa omkring Jorden aren 1851-53. Stockholm : Norstedt Vol. II Zoologi Part 1 Insecta 614 pp. [31] [junior homonym; preoccupied, not Philonthus puncticollis Stephens, 1832: 228 (JPH)].
Generic Combinations
- Cafius nauticus (Fairmaire, 1849). —
Fauvel, A. 1874. Les Staphylinides de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 5(4): 432–438
Distribution
Extra Distribution Information
It is a wide-spread species known from Hawaii, Japan, China, Taiwan, Society Islands, Austral Islands, Samoa, Fiji, New Caledonia, Australia, Indonesia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Madagascar, Seychelles, Mascarene Islands, Yemen, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, Mauritius, Reunion, Rodriguez and, as an introduction, from Greece (Jenkins Shaw & Solodovnikov 2016)
Other Regions
Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater
Distribution References
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04-Apr-2017 | Staphylinini | 23-Mar-2017 | MODIFIED | Lyn Randall |
| 16-Jun-2011 | ADDED |