''Bledius'' is a genus of spiny-legged
rove beetle
The rove beetles are a family (biology), family (Staphylinidae) of beetles, primarily distinguished by their short elytra (wing covers) that typically leave more than half of their abdominal segments exposed. With over 66,000 species in thousand ...
s in the family
Staphylinidae
The rove beetles are a family (biology), family (Staphylinidae) of beetles, primarily distinguished by their short elytra (wing covers) that typically leave more than half of their abdominal segments exposed. With over 66,000 species in thousand ...
. There are at least 100 described species in ''Bledius''.
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List of Bledius species
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External links
Cheng, L. (Ed.). (1976). ''Marine insects''. North-Holland Publishing Company: Amsterdam, the Netherlands. XII, 581 pp
Frank, H.; Ahn, K.-J. (2011). ''Coastal Staphylinidae (Coleoptera): A worldwide checklist, biogeography and natural history''. ZooKeys. 107: 1-98
Oxytelinae
Staphylinidae genera
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