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

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Staphylinidae – certain beetles.
   • 1979, Studies on the neotropical fauna and environment‎^[1] (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, American Beetles, volume 1 (in English), →ISBN, page 323:

     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, Baltic Journal of Coleopterology‎^[2], volumes 1-6 (in English), page 59:

     One new Edaphus and one new Tamotus species from Suriname

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
• Category:Euaesthetinae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Edaphus at the Catalogue of Life 
• Edaphus at Encyclopedia of Life
• Edaphus at National Center for Biotechnology Information