Cafius sabulosus Fauvel 1877

Shaw, Josh Jenkins & Solodovnikov, Alexey, 2016, Systematic and biogeographic review of the Staphylinini rove beetles of Lord Howe Island with description of new species and taxonomic changes (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae), ZooKeys 638, pp. 1-25 : 16

Cafius sabulosus Fauvel 1877

Taxon discussion.

Cafius sabulosus was originally described from Sydney, Australia. In the phylogeny of Jeon et al. (2012), Cafius sabulosus was based on a specimen from Australia and formed a monophyletic group with Cafius algophilus Broun, 1894 from New Zealand. Similarly with Cafius nauticus (see above), in the revised classification of Jeon et al. (2012) Cafius sabulosus and Cafius algophilus were placed as incertae sedis within the ' Cafius - complex’. According to Newton and Thayer (2005) Cafius sabulosus is also recorded from Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and Lord Howe Island.