Cordalia obscura ( GRAVENHORST 1802)

Assing, V., 2008, On the taxonomy and zoogeography of some Palaearctic Paederinae and Xantholinini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 40 (2), pp. 1237-1294 : 1274

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5430627
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5486321
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/623787DD-366A-181A-FF71-FD35FE08E7A9
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scientific name	Cordalia obscura ( GRAVENHORST 1802)
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Cordalia obscura ( GRAVENHORST 1802) View in CoL

Paederus clavicornis LENTZ 1856: 9 View in CoL ; nov.syn.

C o m m e n t: The Lentz collection was deposited in the Zoological Museum Kaliningrad, large parts of which were destroyed during World War II ( HORN et al. 1990), so that the type material of P. clavicornis View in CoL is presumably lost. According to the original description of this nomen dubium, the species is similar to Drusilla canaliculata (FABRICIUS) View in CoL , but much smaller. The morphological details provided ("rufo-fuscus, capite abdominisque apice nigris, pedibus pallidis,... Das Brustschild fast kugelig, auf der Mitte ein Eindruck") suggest that the type material may be conspecific with Cordalia obscura View in CoL . Hence the above synonymy.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Staphylinidae
Genus	Cordalia