Bisnius

***Bisnius*** er en slekt av biller som hører til underfamilien storkortvinger (Staphylininae) i familien kortvinger (Staphylinidae). Det er beskrevet ca. 300 arter, 12 av dem er funnet i Norge.

## Utseende
Middelsstore til store, slanke, svarte kortvinger, pronotum kan være rødt. Hodet er avrundet firkantet.

## Levevis
Disse artene er rovdyr og stort sett generalister, det vil si at de kan finnes i mange habitater.

## Utbredelse
Slekten forekommer i alle verdensdeler bortsett fra Antarktis, men de fleste artene lever i Holarktis.

## Systematisk inndeling

Gruppen blir ofte plassert som en underslekt av *[[Philonthus]]*.

* Ordenen biller, **Coleoptera**
** Underordenen Polyphaga
*** Overfamilien åtsel- og rovbiller, **Staphylinoidea**
**** Familien kortvinger (Staphylinidae) Latreille, 1802
***** Underfamilien storkortvinger Staphylininae Latreille, 1802
****** Stammen Staphylinini Latreille, 1802 
******* Gruppen **[[Philonthina]]** Kirby, 1837  
******** Slekten ***Bisnius*** Stephens, 1829
********* *[[Bisnius agenor]]* Smetana, 1995
********* *[[Bisnius agyrtes]]* (Smetana, 1973)
********* *[[Bisnius alaiensis]]* (Fauvel, 1900)
********* *[[Bisnius albionicus]]* (Mannerheim, 1843)
********* *[[Bisnius arenarius]]* (Kirshenblat, 1950)
********* *[[Bisnius attiguus]]* Herman, 2001
********* *[[Bisnius baicalensis]]* (Bernhauer, 1927)
********* *[[Bisnius bassus]]* Smetana, 1995
********* *[[Bisnius batkhizensis]]* (Coiffait, 1967)
********* *[[Bisnius bion]]* Smetana, 1995
********* *[[Bisnius blandus]]* (Gravenhorst, 1806)
********* *[[Bisnius bucharensis]]* (Coiffait, 1967)
********* *[[Bisnius cephalicus]]* (Casey, 1915)
********* *[[Bisnius cephalotes]]* (Gravenhorst, 1802)
********* *[[Bisnius crestonensis]]* (Hatch, 1957)
********* *[[Bisnius crito]]* Smetana, 1995
********* *[[Bisnius deuvei]]* (Coiffait, 1982)
********* *[[Bisnius diversipennis]]* (Bernhauer, 1899)
********* *[[Bisnius diversus]]* (K.Schubert, 1906)
********* *[[Bisnius eidmanni]]* (Scheerpeltz, 1929)
********* *[[Bisnius epeus]]* Smetana, 1995
********* *[[Bisnius falsesordidus]]* (Coiffait, 1982)
********* *[[Bisnius filicornis]]* (Horn, 1884)
********* *[[Bisnius fimetarius]]* (Gravenhorst, 1802)
********* *[[Bisnius friebi]]* (Bernhauer, 1927)
********* *[[Bisnius fuentei]]* (Roubal, 1909)
********* *[[Bisnius germanus]]* (Sharp, 1874)
********* *[[Bisnius geryon]]* Smetana, 1995
********* *[[Bisnius gutianshanus]]* Li, Liang & Hong-Zhang Zhou, 2010
********* *[[Bisnius hesperidum]]* Smetana, 1995
********* *[[Bisnius howdeni]]* Smetana, 1995
********* *[[Bisnius hyperboreus]]* (J.Sahlberg, 1880)
********* *[[Bisnius inquietus]]* (Erichson, 1840)
********* *[[Bisnius instabilis]]* (Horn, 1884)
********* *[[Bisnius inversus]]* (Horn, 1884)
********* *[[Bisnius iranicus]]* Schillhammer, 2019
********* *[[Bisnius irinae]]* (Ryvkin, 1987)
********* *[[Bisnius kappi]]* Schillhammer, 2013
********* *[[Bisnius karkarensis]]* Schillhammer, 2019
********* *[[Bisnius kashcheevi]]* Schillhammer, 2011
********* *[[Bisnius lautus]]* (Casey, 1915)
********* *[[Bisnius longicollis]]* (Bernhauer, 1908)
********* *[[Bisnius lubricus]]* Li, Liang & Hongzhang Zhou, 2011
********* *[[Bisnius macies]]* (Sharp, 1874)
********* *[[Bisnius manytchensis]]* Khachikov, 2003
********* *[[Bisnius microphthalmus]]* Schillhammer, 2011
********* *[[Bisnius microtophilus]]* (Coiffait, 1967)
********* *[[Bisnius nichinaiensis]]* (Coiffait, 1982)
********* *[[Bisnius nigriventris]]* (Thomson, 1867)
********* *[[Bisnius nitidulus]]* (Gravenhorst, 1802)
********* *[[Bisnius noualhieri]]* (Fauvel, 1898)
********* *[[Bisnius palmi]]* (Smetana, 1955)
********* *[[Bisnius palousi]]* (Hatch, 1957)
********* *[[Bisnius parcus]]* (Sharp, 1874)
********* *[[Bisnius pentheri]]* (Ganglbauer, 1905)
********* *[[Bisnius pholeophilus]]* (Kirshenblat, 1950)
********* *[[Bisnius picicornis]]* (Horn, 1884)
********* *[[Bisnius piochardi]]* (Fauvel, 1875)
********* *[[Bisnius plagiatus]]* (Fauvel, 1874)
********* *[[Bisnius poppaeus]]* Smetana, 1995
********* *[[Bisnius potanini]]* (Eppelsheim, 1889)
********* *[[Bisnius protenus]]* (K.Schubert, 1906)
********* *[[Bisnius pseudoparcus]]* (Brunne, 1976)
********* *[[Bisnius psyllophagus]]* (Kirshenblat, 1933)
********* *[[Bisnius puella]]* (Nordmann, 1837)
********* *[[Bisnius quediinus]]* (Horn, 1884)
********* *[[Bisnius rainieri]]* (Hatch, 1957)
********* *[[Bisnius reitteri]]* (Eppelsheim, 1889)
********* *[[Bisnius schawalleri]]* (Coiffait, 1982)
********* *[[Bisnius schillhammeri]]* Hromádka, 2001
********* *[[Bisnius scoticus]]* (Joy & Tomlin, 1913)
********* *[[Bisnius scribae]]* (Fauvel, 1867)
********* *[[Bisnius siegwaldii]]* (Mannerheim, 1843)
********* *[[Bisnius sordidus]]* (Gravenhorst, 1802)
********* *[[Bisnius sparsus]]* (P.H.Lucas, 1846)
********* *[[Bisnius speculicollis]]* Solodovnikov & Schillhammer, 2000
********* *[[Bisnius spermophili]]* (Ganglbauer, 1897)
********* *[[Bisnius stacesmithi]]* (Hatch, 1957)
********* *[[Bisnius subaeneipennis]]* (Bernhauer, 1916)
********* *[[Bisnius subuliformis]]* (Gravenhorst, 1802)
********* *[[Bisnius summanus]]* Smetana, 1995
********* *[[Bisnius tereus]]* Smetana, 1995
********* *[[Bisnius varipennis]]*
********* *[[Bisnius versutus]]* (Horn, 1884)
********* *[[Bisnius xuae]]* Li, Liang & Hong-Zhang Zhou, 2010
********* *[[Bisnius zhuk]]* (Gusarov, 1995)

## Kilder
* Silfverberg, H. 1992. *Enumeratio Coleopterorum Fennoscandiae, Daniae et Baltiae* (Liste over Nordens biller). Helsinki.
* Fauna Europaea Web Service Version 2.4 – utbredelsesdatabase over europeiske dyr 

## Eksterne lenker
* *Bisnius* på GBIF https://www.gbif.org/species/4437289/treatments
* Artsdatabanken - *Bisnius* https://artsdatabanken.no/Taxon/Bisnius/12755
* bugguide.net - bildedatabase ove rnordamerikanske insekter https://bugguide.net/node/view/38211
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