Medon

Medon er en gruppe (slekt) av biller som hører til underfamilien smalkortvinger (Paederinae) i den store familien kortvinger (Staphylinidae).

Utseende 
Små, slanke kortvinger. Hodet er stort og avsnørt fra kroppen ved en smal «hals». Dette er imidlertid ikke så utpreget som hos mange andre smalkortvinger.

Levevis 
Noen av artene lever i huler.

Systematisk oversikt / norske arter 

 Ordenen biller, Coleoptera
 Underordenen Polyphaga
 Overfamilien åtsel- og rovbiller, Staphylinoidea
 Familien kortvinger (Staphylinidae) Latreille, 1802
 Underfamilien smalkortvinger Paederinae Fleming, 1821
 Slekten Medon Stephens, 1833 - i Norge:
 Medon apicalis (Kraatz, 1857)
 Medon fusculus (Mannerheim, 1830)

Liste over øvrige arter 

 Medon abantensis Bordoni, 1975
 Medon abessinus Bernhauer, 1931
 Medon abnormalis Cameron, 1941
 Medon acutapicalis Assing, 2018
 Medon adamsoni Cameron, 1933
 Medon aethiopicus Cameron, 1942
 Medon africanides Newton, 2017
 Medon africanus (Fauvel, 1872)
 Medon alesi Assing, 2014
 Medon alutaceus (Casey, 1905)
 Medon americanus Casey, 1905
 Medon analis Cameron, 1927
 Medon angulipennis Eppelsheim, 1895
 Medon annapurnae Assing, 2013
 Medon antricola Assing, 2006
 Medon apacheanus (Casey, 1905)
 Medon aphrodisius Bordoni, 1975
 Medon aquatilis Bernhauer, 1915
 Medon arizonicus (Casey, 1905)
 Medon arunicus Assing, 2018
 Medon aspericeps Cameron, 1924
 Medon aspericollis Fauvel, 1895
 Medon assingi Anlaş, 2015
 Medon augur Fauvel, 1907
 Medon auripilis Fauvel, 1895
 Medon basilewskyi Fagel, 1965
 Medon basipennis Bernhauer, 1927
 Medon basipilosus Cameron, 1930
 Medon basiventris Cameron, 1932
 Medon bernhaueri Scheerpeltz, 1933
 Medon bernhauerianus Scheerpeltz, 1933
 Medon beroni Coiffait, 1970
 Medon beydaghensis Fagel, 1969
 Medon bhutanicus Coiffait, 1978
 Medon biapicalis Assing, 2013
 Medon bicoloriceps Fagel, 1965
 Medon bifidus Assing, 2013
 Medon birmanus Fauvel, 1895
 Medon brunneus (Erichson, 1839)
 Medon bucharicus Bernhauer, 1902
 Medon buehleri Scheerpeltz, 1957
 Medon capitalis Cameron, 1932
 Medon caricus Fagel, 1970
 Medon carpathius Assing, 2016
 Medon caseyi Scheerpeltz, 1933
 Medon castaneipennis Cameron, 1924
 Medon castaneus (Gravenhorst, 1802)
 Medon cauchoisi Jarrige, 1949
 Medon cephalotes Bernhauer, 1922
 Medon cerrutii Coiffait, 1976
 Medon cincliventris Cameron, 1928
 Medon cinnamopterus (Kraatz, 1859)
 Medon coecus (Broun, 1894)
 Medon collarti Cameron, 1926
 Medon compressiphallus Coiffait, 1978
 Medon confertus Sharp, 1889
 Medon conformis (Casey, 1905)
 Medon conradti Bernhauer, 1915
 Medon consanguineus (Casey, 1886)
 Medon contiguus (Casey, 1886)
 Medon convergens (Casey, 1886)
 Medon cordatus Blackwelder, 1943
 Medon coriaceus Cameron, 1932
 Medon corniger Assing, 2013
 Medon craniatus Cameron, 1928
 Medon ctenophorum Hatch, 1957ř
 Medon cubanus Blackwelder, 1943
 Medon curtus (Kraatz, 1859)
 Medon cyclopius Cameron, 1938
 Medon cyprensis Assing & Wunderle, 2001
 Medon deharvengi Coiffait, 1982
 Medon delicatulus Cameron, 1932
 Medon delicatus Cameron, 1932
 Medon delphinus Fauvel, 1905
 Medon depressulus Cameron, 1941
 Medon despectus (Fairmaire, 1860)
 Medon dhaulagiricus Assing, 2013
 Medon dieganus Fauvel, 1905
 Medon difformis (Casey, 1905)
 Medon dilutus (Erichson, 1839)
 Medon discedens Sharp, 1889
 Medon dobrogicus Decu & Georgescu, 1994
 Medon dolorosus Cameron, 1924
 Medon dominicanus Blackwelder, 1943
 Medon drescheri Cameron, 1936
 Medon emeianus Assing, 2018
 Medon exasperatus Cameron, 1924
 Medon excavatus Assing, 2013
 Medon explicans Casey, 1910
 Medon exquisitus Kirshenblat, 1951
 Medon falli (Blatchley, 1910)
 Medon fascipennis Cameron, 1938
 Medon fauveli Bernhauer & Schubert, 1912
 Medon feloi Assing, 1998
 Medon femoralis Cameron, 1932
 Medon ferrugineus (Erichson, 1840)
 Medon flavipennis (Sharp, 1886)
 Medon flavipes (Motschulsky, 1858)
 Medon fortepunctatus Bernhauer, 1902
 Medon franzi Coiffait, 1975
 Medon frischi Assing, 2005
 Medon fungi Cameron, 1943
 Medon fusculoides Coiffait, 1970
 Medon genialis Herman, 2003
 Medon ghumensis Cameron, 1943
 Medon gilvimarginatus Assing, 2014
 Medon gomyi Lecoq, 1987
 Medon goropanensis Coiffait, 1975
 Medon gracilentus Cameron, 1932
 Medon grandiceps Bernhauer, 1933
 Medon granipennis (Broun, 1910)
 Medon gratellus Cameron, 1932
 Medon gratus Cameron, 1931
 Medon gregalis (Casey, 1886)
 Medon gughensis Fagel, 1956
 Medon guignoti Coiffait, 1987
 Medon gularis (Casey, 1905)
 Medon guppyi (Hatch, 1957)
 Medon hanangensis Fagel, 1965
 Medon hatchi Herman, 2003
 Medon helenae Casey, 1905
 Medon heterogenus Fauvel, 1905
 Medon hova Fauvel, 1905
 Medon humboldti (Casey, 1905)
 Medon humeralis (Motschulsky, 1858)
 Medon humerosus Cameron, 1936
 Medon impar Assing, 2004
 Medon indigena (Wollaston, 1857)
 Medon inexcisus Assing, 2013
 Medon inquilinus Casey, 1905
 Medon insulanus Herman, 2003
 Medon insularis Casey, 1905
 Medon jaljalense (Coiffait, 1984)
 Medon javanicus Cameron, 1936
 Medon javanus Bernhauer, 1915
 Medon jenseni Bernhauer, 1927
 Medon johni Blackwelder, 1943
 Medon kabylicus Assing, 2006
 Medon kamerunensis Scheerpeltz, 1971
 Medon kanak Fauvel, 1889
 Medon katanganus Bernhauer, 1932
 Medon kenyensis Fagel, 1965
 Medon kernianus (Casey, 1905)
 Medon knapperti Bernhauer, 1915
 Medon kopetdaghi Gusarov, 1995
 Medon kutuensis Cameron, 1932
 Medon labralis (Cameron, 1943)
 Medon lacustris Casey, 1905
 Medon lamellatus Assing, 2004
 Medon languidus (Casey, 1886)
 Medon lanugo Assing, 2004
 Medon laticeps Rambousek, 1917
 Medon laticollis (Casey, 1889)
 Medon latiusculus (Casey, 1886)
 Medon leai Cameron, 1930
 Medon leaianus Scheerpeltz, 1933
 Medon lecoqi Janák, 2014
 Medon leleupi Fagel, 1965
 Medon leonensis Cameron, 1934
 Medon lepidus (Casey, 1886)
 Medon lewisius (Sharp, 1874)
 Medon lindbergi Scheerpeltz, 1958
 Medon lindi (Blackburn, 1888)
 Medon lombokianus Cameron, 1940
 Medon luctuosus (Casey, 1886)
 Medon luzonicus Bernhauer, 1915
 Medon lydicus Bordoni, 1980
 Medon maculatus Bernhauer, 1921
 Medon maculipennis Fauvel, 1905
 Medon maculosus Herman, 2003
 Medon madecassa Fauvel, 1905
 Medon magniceps Bernhauer, 1915
 Medon malacus (Casey, 1886)
 Medon manasluensis Assing, 2010
 Medon mandibularis (Broun, 1880)
 Medon maronitus (Saulcy, 1865)
 Medon matangensis Bernhauer, 1915
 Medon matasana Blackwelder, 1943
 Medon mcleodi Hatch, 1957
 Medon melancholicus Cameron, 1943
 Medon meruensis Fagel, 1965
 Medon meybohmi Assing, 2007
 Medon microcephalus Cameron, 1941
 Medon microphthalmus Fagel, 1965
 Medon microps Cameron, 1947
 Medon microthorax Fauvel, 1898
 Medon mirei Coiffait, 1980
 Medon miscellus Cameron, 1932
 Medon mjobergi Cameron, 1928
 Medon molestus Roubal, 1920
 Medon montanellus Bernhauer, 1931
 Medon montanus (Casey, 1905)
 Medon montivagans Cameron, 1931
 Medon morosus Cameron, 1943
 Medon moschianus Bernhauer, 1915
 Medon natalensis Cameron, 1951
 Medon neohebridarum Bernhauer, 1934
 Medon nepalensis Coiffait, 1975
 Medon nevadicus (Casey, 1905)
 Medon niger Cameron, 1924
 Medon nigerrimus Bernhauer, 1908
 Medon nigripennis Bernhauer, 1922
 Medon nigrituloides Cameron, 1933
 Medon nigrolucens Cameron, 1932
 Medon nitidulus Casey, 1905
 Medon novaebritanniae Bernhauer, 1915
 Medon obscuriventer (Fairmaire & Germain, 1862)
 Medon oculatus Cameron, 1944
 Medon opacellus Fauvel, 1895
 Medon opacinus Cameron, 1932
 Medon opaculus Casey, 1905
 Medon oriens (Casey, 1910)
 Medon oromii Assing, 2006
 Medon pacificus Cameron, 1933
 Medon palawanensis Cameron, 1941
 Medon palembanganus Bernhauer, 1915
 Medon pallescens (Casey, 1905)
 Medon pallidipennis (Casey, 1910)
 Medon papeetensis Coiffait, 1980
 Medon papuanus Cameron, 1931
 Medon papuensis Herman, 2003
 Medon paradisiacus Assing, 2004
 Medon parkeri Cameron, 1924
 Medon parvipennis Wendeler, 1956
 Medon parvulus Cameron, 1932
 Medon patagonicus Scheerpeltz, 1972
 Medon penangensis Cameron, 1932
 Medon perforatus Assing, 2013
 Medon perniger Coiffait, 1970
 Medon perplexus Cameron, 1950
 Medon persimilis Cameron, 1950
 Medon petrochilosi Coiffait, 1970
 Medon piceus (Kraatz, 1858)
 Medon picipennis Fauvel, 1895
 Medon piesticulus (Sharp, 1886)
 Medon pinalicus (Casey, 1905)
 Medon pineti Last, 1984
 Medon plagiatus Bernhauer, 1921
 Medon planus (Kraatz, 1859)
 Medon pocofer (Peyron, 1858)
 Medon praeustus (Sharp, 1886)
 Medon procerus (Pérez-Arcas, 1874)
 Medon profundus Assing, 2014
 Medon prolixus (Sharp, 1874)
 Medon proximus Cameron, 1931
 Medon puberulus (Casey, 1886)
 Medon pugetensis Hatch, 1957
 Medon punctatissimus Bernhauer, 1929
 Medon quadraticeps Wendeler, 1956
 Medon quadratides Newton, 2017
 Medon quadratipennis Lea, 1923
 Medon rangpoensis Biswas, 2003
 Medon reliquus Assing, 2007
 Medon reticulatus Oke, 1933
 Medon retrusus (Casey, 1886)
 Medon ripicola (Kraatz, 1854)
 Medon ruber (Casey, 1905)
 Medon rubripennis Cameron, 1931
 Medon rufipennis (Casey, 1905)
 Medon rufiventris (Nordmann, 1837)
 Medon rufoferrugineus Cameron, 1924
 Medon rugosoopacus Bernhauer, 1915
 Medon rusticus Cameron, 1930
 Medon sabahicus Assing, 2018
 Medon sardous Dodero, 1922
 Medon schawalleri Assing, 2013
 Medon schwarzi Blackwelder, 1943
 Medon scolytinus (Fauvel, 1877)
 Medon sculpticeps Bernhauer, 1937
 Medon seleucus Bordoni, 1975
 Medon semiobscurus (Fauvel, 1875)
 Medon semiopacus Bernhauer, 1941
 Medon sequax Assing, 2004
 Medon sericellus (Fairmaire, 1860)
 Medon serriae Assing, 2007
 Medon shaanxiensis Assing, 2013
 Medon sharpi Scheerpeltz, 1933
 Medon shastanicus (Casey, 1905)
 Medon siamensis Bernhauer, 1915
 Medon silvestris Bernhauer, 1915
 Medon singgalangensis Cameron, 1930
 Medon sinuatocollis (Casey, 1886)
 Medon siwalikensis Cameron, 1931
 Medon solitarius Assing, 2009
 Medon sondaicus Bernhauer, 1927
 Medon spadiceus Sharp, 1889
 Medon sparsiventris Eppelsheim, 1889
 Medon stricticollis Cameron, 1932
 Medon strigosus Bernhauer, 1922
 Medon subcoriaceus (Wollaston, 1864)
 Medon subdepressus Cameron, 1928
 Medon subfusculus Fagel, 1969
 Medon sublestus (Casey, 1886)
 Medon submaculatus Sharp, 1889
 Medon subquadratus Assing, 2004
 Medon subsimilis (Casey, 1905)
 Medon subterraneus Coiffait, 1970
 Medon sulcifrons Bernhauer, 1907
 Medon sumbaensis Scheerpeltz, 1957
 Medon sundaicus Assing, 2018
 Medon surdicollis Fagel, 1965
 Medon tahitiensis Coiffait, 1976
 Medon tahoensis (Casey, 1905)
 Medon testaceomarginatus Bernhauer, 1922
 Medon texanus Casey, 1905
 Medon tomokoae Shibata & Fujimoto, 2017
 Medon trapeziformis Bernhauer, 1922
 Medon trinitatus Blackwelder, 1943
 Medon truncatus Hatch, 1957
 Medon tutuilanus Cameron, 1927
 Medon umbilicatus Cameron, 1924
 Medon umbrosus Herman, 2003
 Medon unicus Herman, 2003
 Medon vancouveri (Casey, 1905)
 Medon varamontis Assing, 2013
 Medon variipennis Bernhauer, 1922
 Medon ventralis (Broun, 1880)
 Medon vermiculatus Cameron, 1930
 Medon vestitus Cameron, 1932
 Medon vicentensis Serrano, 1993
 Medon vilhenai Cameron, 1951
 Medon vinsoni Cameron, 1947
 Medon vittatipennis (Fairmaire & Germain, 1862)
 Medon yunnanicus Assing, 2014
 Medon zeelandicus (Redtenbacher, 1868)

Kilder 
 Silfverberg, H. 1992. Enumeratio Coleopterorum Fennoscandiae, Daniae et Baltiae (Liste over Nordens biller). Helsinki.
 Fauna Europaea (2011) Fauna Europaea Web Service Version 2.4. Utbredelsesdatabase for europeiske dyr.

Eksterne lenker 
 

Smalkortvinger
Biller formelt beskrevet i 1833
Dyr formelt beskrevet av James Francis Stephens