Sunius Explained

Sunius is a genus of rove beetles in the family Staphylinidae. There are more than 60 described species in Sunius.

Species

These 66 species belong to the genus Sunius:

• Caloderma angulatum Casey, 1886
• Caloderma continens Casey, 1886
• Caloderma contractum Casey, 1886
• Caloderma mobile Casey, 1886
• Caloderma reductum Casey, 1886
• Caloderma rugosum Casey, 1886
• Caloderma tantillum Casey, 1886
• Sunius aculeatus Assing, 2005
• Sunius adanensis (Lokay, 1918)
• Sunius akdaghensis Anlaş, 2016
• Sunius algiricus (Coiffait, 1969)
• Sunius amanensis Assing, 2005
• Sunius anophthalmus Hernandez & Garcia, 1992
• Sunius balkarensis Assing, 2001
• Sunius bicolor (Olivier, 1795)
• Sunius bozdaghensis Assing, 2006
• Sunius brachypterus (Gemminger & Harold, 1868)
• Sunius brevipennis (Wollaston, 1864)
• Sunius brevispinosus Assing, 2005
• Sunius cagatayi Anlaş, 2016
• Sunius canariensis (Bernhauer, 1928)
• Sunius catalonicus (Coiffait, 1961)
• Sunius ciceki Anlaş, 2016
• Sunius cercii Anlaş, 2019
• Sunius concurvatus Assing, 2017
• Sunius confluentus (Say, 1834)
• Sunius confusus (Coiffait, 1969)
• Sunius cordiformis Assing, 2002^[1]
• Sunius debilicornis (Wollaston, 1857)
• Sunius dimidiatus Wollaston, 1864
• Sunius fallax (Lokay, 1919)
• Sunius fenderi Hatch
• Sunius fernandezi Hernandez & Garcia, 1992
• Sunius ferrugineus (Bierig, 1934)
• Sunius filum Aubé, 1850
• Sunius fortespinosus Assing, 2006
• Sunius furcillatus Assing, 2002 ^[1]
• Sunius golgeliensis
• Sunius hellenicus (Coiffait, 1961)
• Sunius iranicus Assing, 2002 ^[1]
• Sunius italicus (Coiffait, 1961)
• Sunius kizilcadagicus
• Sunius lebedevi (Roubal, 1926)
• Sunius mallorcensis (Coiffait, 1969)
• Sunius melanocephalus (Fabricius, 1792)
• Sunius microphthalmus (H.Franz, 1979)
• Sunius monstrosus LeConte, 1863
• Sunius nevadensis (Coiffait, 1969)
• Sunius nitens (Duvivier, 1883)
• Sunius ovaliceps (Fauvel, 1878)
• Sunius ozgeni Anlaş, 2016
• Sunius palmi (H.Franz, 1979)
• Sunius peregrinus (Casey, 1905)
• Sunius plasoni Eppelsheim, 1875
• Sunius propinquus (Brisout, 1867)
• Sunius puglianus (Coiffait, 1961)
• Sunius quadripennis (Casey, 1905)
• Sunius reuteri Assing, 2017
• Sunius rufipes
• Sunius rugithorax Hatch, 1957
• Sunius seminiger (Fairmaire, 1860)
• Sunius sexpinosus Assing, 2006
• Sunius simoni (Quedenfeldt, 1881)
• Sunius tenerifensis (H.Franz, 1979)
• Sunius unicolor Mulsant & Rey, 1878
• Sunius valentianus (Coiffait, 1980)
• Sunius yagmuri
• Sunius yamani Anlaş, 2018
• † Sunius demersus von Heyden & von Heyden, 1866

Further reading

• Coastal Staphylinidae (Coleoptera): A worldwide checklist, biogeography and natural history. 2011. Frank . J. H.. Ahn . K. J.. ZooKeys. 107. 1–98. 10.3897/zookeys.107.1651. 3392188. 22792029. free.
• Book: Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 2: Hydrophiloidea - Staphylinoidea. 2015. Lobl . I.. Smetana . A.. Apollo Books. 978-90-04-29685-5.

Notes and References

1. Assing . Volker . New species of Sunius CURTIS from China and Iran (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Paederinae) . Linzer Biologische Beiträge . 2002 . 34 .