Othius
Stephens, 1829
A of () in the tribe Othiini, characterized by elongate bodies and reduced typical of the . The genus currently includes approximately 136 and distributed across the Palaearctic region. Taxonomic revisions have revealed distinct Western and Eastern Palaearctic species groups, separated by the Caspian Sea, with high in the Himalayas, Yunnan, Sichuan, and Taiwan.
Pronunciation
How to pronounce Othius: /ˈoʊ.θi.us/
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Identification
Members of Othius can be distinguished from other by characters of the male and body . Within the genus, separation relies heavily on the shape of the and details of the pronotal and elytral sculpture. The O. crassus group and related are defined by specific morphological traits.
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Distribution
Europe; Japan; Himalayan region (India: Himachal-Pradesh, Karakoram, Nepal); Eastern Palaearctic east of the Himalayas including southern China (Yunnan, Sichuan, Gansu) and Taiwan; Northwest Georgia; Madeira. is notably high in Yunnan, Sichuan, and Taiwan.
Similar Taxa
- OthiogeitonFormerly treated as a separate , but now synonymized with Othius based on morphological evidence; Othiogeiton nepalensis was transferred to Othius as O. nepalensis.
Sources and further reading
- BugGuide
- Wikipedia
- GBIF taxonomy match
- iNaturalist taxon
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Catalogue of Life
- The beetle fauna of Madeira - 1. The genus Othius Steph. (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)
- A revision of Othius Stephens - V. The species of the Himalayan region (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Xantholininae).
- A revision of Othius Stephens, 1829. VII. The species of the Eastern Palaearctic region east of the Himalayas (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae).
- revision of Othiini XXII. A new species, a new synonymy, and additional records of Othius from Northwest Georgia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae)
- The genome sequence of a rove beetle, Othius punctulatus (Goeze, 1777).