A revision of the Megalopaederus species of Taiwan (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae)

A b s t r a c t Megalopaederus Scheerpeltz, 1957, previously regarded as a distinct genus, is assigned to the genus Paederus Fabricius, 1775 as a subgenus. The Megalopaederus species of Taiwan are revised. In all, eighteen named locally endemic species belonging to two species groups are recognized, thirteen of them are described and illustrated fo