Velleius is a subgenus of the genus of beetles Quedius,SHAW, J. J. (2016). Recent systematic changes in the rove beetle tribe Staphylinini (Staphylinidae: Staphylininae) affecting the British fauna. Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine, 152, 0-0.Zhao, Z. Y., & Zhou, H. Z. (2015). Phylogeny and taxonomic revision of the subgenus Velleius Leach (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae). Zootaxa, 3957(3), 251-276. belonging to the family Staphylinidae.
The genus was described in 1819 by William Elford Leach.
Species: Velleius dilatatus (Fabricius, 1787)
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