Drusilla ( Drusilla ) canaliculata (FABRICIUS, 1787)

Assing, Volker, 2016, On some Lomechusini of the Palaearctic and Oriental regions (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 66 (1), pp. 13-111 : 77

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.21248/contrib.entomol.66.1.13-111
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5462693
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scientific name	Drusilla ( Drusilla ) canaliculata (FABRICIUS, 1787)
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Drusilla ( Drusilla) canaliculata (FABRICIUS, 1787) View in CoL

Myrmedonia polyporina GISTEL, 1857: 17 View in CoL ; syn. nov.

Comment: HLAVÁČ et al. (2011) list Drusilla polyporina ( GISTEL, 1857) as a nomen dubium. The original description, which is based on an unspecified number of syntypes from “Styriae”, is practically devoid of relevant information. All that is specified is the coloration (“nigerrima; antennis thorace elytris et pedibus fuscis”), the size, and that it is close to D. canaliculata . The type material is presumably lost (ASSING 2008). However, it can be inferred that the type material of D. polyporina is conspecific with D. canaliculata , the only representative of the genus distributed in what used to be “Styria” ( ASSING 2005b). In order to dispose of the doubtful D. polyporina , it is placed in synonymy with the senior synonym D. canaliculata .

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Staphylinidae
SubFamily	Aleocharinae
Tribe	Lomechusini
Genus	Drusilla