Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Allotriocarida > Subphylum Hexapoda > Class Insecta > Infraclass Pterygota > Order Coleoptera > Suborder Polyphaga > Infraorder Staphyliniformia > Superfamily Staphylinoidea > Family Staphylinidae > Subfamily Oxytelinae > Tribe Thinobiini

Bledius Leach, 1819

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Bledius (Astycops) Thomson, 1859
Bledius (Belidus) Mulsant & Rey, 1878
Bledius (Bledius) Leach, 1819
Bledius (Dicarenus) Gistel, 1834
Bledius (Elbidus) Mulsant & Rey, 1878
Bledius (Euceratobledius) Znojko, 1929
Bledius (Hesperophilus) Curtis, 1829
Bledius (Pucerus) Mulsant & Rey, 1878
Bledius bubalus Gistel, 1857
Bledius castaneus Mulsant & Rey, 1878
Bledius gyllenhalii Laporte de Castelnau, 1840
Bledius jadarensis Helliesen, 1913
Bledius spectabilis Kraatz, 1857
Bledius subnitidus Mulsant & Rey, 1878
Bledius westerhauseri Gistel, 1857

Literature

original description	Samoeulle, G. (1819). The entomologist's useful compendium; or, an introduction to the knowledge of British insects, comprising the best means of identifying and preserving them, and a description of the apparatus generally used; together with the genera of Linné, and the modern method of arranging the classes Crustacea, Myriapoda, spiders, mites, and insects from their affinities, and structure, according to the views of Dr. Leach. Also an explanation of the terms used in entomology; a calendar of the times of appearance, and useful situations of near 3000 species of British insects; with instructions for collecting and fitting up objects for the microscope. Printed for Thomas Boys: London. 496 pp.
basis of record	Legakis, A. (2001). Insecta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 323-324
additional source	Macfarlane, R.P.; Maddison, P.A.; Andrew, I.G.; Berry, J.A.; Johns, P.M.; Hoarre, R.J.B.; Larivière, M.; Greenslade, P.; Henderson, R.C.; Smithers, C.N.; Palma, R.L.; Ward, J.B.; Pilgrim, R.L.C.; Towns, D.R.; McLellan, I.; Teulon, D.A.J.; Hitchings, T.R.; Eastop, V.F.; Martin, N.A.; Fletcher, M.J.; Stufkens, A.W.; Dale, P.J.; Burckhardt, D.; Buckley, T.R. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Hexapoda: Protura, springtails, Diplura, insects. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils. pp. 233-467.
additional source	Frank, H.; Ahn, K.-J. (2011). Coastal Staphylinidae (Coleoptera): A worldwide checklist, biogeography and natural history. ZooKeys. 107: 1-98.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Cheng, L. (Ed.). (1976). Marine insects. North-Holland Publishing Company: Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 0-444-11213-8. XII, 581 pp.