Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) ➔ Class Insecta (Insects) ➔ Order Coleoptera (Beetles) ➔ Family Staphylinidae (Rove beetles)
Ocypus (Ocypus) ophthalmicus (Scopoli, 1763)
Blue Rove-Beetle
Synonyms and other combinations:
Staphylinus ophthalmicus Scopoli, 1763 | Staphylinus atrocoerulescens Goeze, 1777 | Staphylinus azurescens Mannerheim, 1830 | Staphylinus coerulescens Goeffroy, 1785 | Staphylinus cyaneus Paykull, 1789 | Ocypus cyanochloris Hochhuth, 1849 | Staphylinus hypsibatus Bernhauer, 1899 | Staphylinus mordax Block, 1799 | Staphylinus rugifrons Runde, 1835 | Staphylinus subcyaneus Heer, 1839 |
Classification:
Ocypus ophthalmicus belongs to the subfamily Staphylininae, tribe Staphylinini.References, further reading, links:
- Acidota cruentata
- Aleochara ruficornis
- Aleochara sp.
- Bolitobius castaneus
- Dinothenarus fossor
- Eusphalerum sp.
- Nudobius lentus
- Ocypus aeneocephalus
- Ocypus brunnipes
- Ocypus nitens
- Ocypus olens
- Ocypus ophthalmicus
- Ocypus sp.
- Ontholestes murinus
- Paederus sp.
- Philonthus decorus
- Philonthus splendens
- Platydracus stercorarius
- Quedius levicollis
- Rugilus subtilis
- Scaphidium quadrimaculatum
- Scaphisoma sp.
- Siagonium quadricorne
- Staphylinus erythropterus
- Stenus similis
- Tachinus sp.
- Tachinus subterraneus
- Tachyporus hypnorum
- Xantholininae sp.
- Xantholinus sp.