Edaphus
Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἔδαφος (édaphos, “bottom, eg, of a ship; foundation; base of anything; ground-floor; pavement; ground, soil”)
Proper noun
Edaphus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Staphylinidae – certain beetles.
- 1979, [ https://books.google.co.nz/books?id=YvgyAAAAIAAJ (in English):
- In my key of the nearctic Edaphus (Puthz, 1973) the new species has to be placed after 17(18) E. euplectoides Sharp, from which it is distinguished by its length, broader 10th antennal segment, and the median carina of the pronotum.
- 2000, Ross H. Arnett Jr. & Michael C. Thomas, [https://books.google.co.nz/books?isbn=0849319250 (in English), →ISBN:
- body sparsely punctate, polished and strongly shining; labrum without teeth but may be crenulate; first visible abdominal tergite with fine median carina ................ Edaphus 4(1).
- 2001, [https://books.google.co.nz/books?id=SBZOAAAAYAAJ (in English), page 59:
- One new Edaphus and one new Tamotus species from Suriname
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Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Holometabola - superorder; Coleoptera - order; Polyphaga - suborder; Staphyliniformia - infraorder; Staphylinoidea - superfamily; Staphylinidae - family; Euaesthetinae - subfamily; Euaesthetini - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): For species see
Edaphus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies .
References
- Edaphus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Euaesthetinae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Edaphus at the Catalogue of Life
- Edaphus at Encyclopedia of Life
- Edaphus at National Center for Biotechnology Information