Scopaeus punctatellus Fauvel, 1905 (Staphylinidae: Paederinae: Lathrobiini: Scopaeina), a polytypic species in the Afrotropical, Madagascan, and Saharo-Arabian regions

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A taxonomic reassessment of a widely distributed paederine species across the Afrotropical, Madagascan and Saharo-Arabian regions. The paper recognises two subspecies and provides the nomenclatural and distributional framework represented in this record.

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Year: 2026
Journal: Soil Organisms
Volume: 98
Issue: 2
Pages / article: 181–193
Publication date: 20 July 2026
DOI: 10.25674/511
Publisher: Official publisher page
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Library copy: Open PDF on Google Drive Johannes Frisch (2026). Scopaeus punctatellus Fauvel, 1905 (Staphylinidae: Paederinae: Lathrobiini: Scopaeina), a polytypic species in the Afrotropical, Madagascan, and Saharo-Arabian regions. Soil Organisms 98(2): 181–193. DOI: 10.25674/511. Source: https://soil-organisms.org/SO/article/view/511. The PDF is provided unchanged. CC BY 4.0
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Taxa and geography

Subfamily: Paederinae Fleming, 1821
Tribe: Lathrobiini Laporte, 1835
Genus: Scopaeus Erichson, 1839
Species: Scopaeus punctatellus Fauvel, 1905
Subspecies: Scopaeus punctatellus punctatellus Fauvel, 1905, Scopaeus punctatellus sharpi Cameron, 1912

Biogeographic regions: Afrotropical region, Madagascan region, Saharo-Arabian region

Work type: taxonomic redescription, nomenclatural act, distribution records

Keywords: Taxonomy, distribution, Africa, Madagascar