| Family: | Staphylinidae |
| Subfamily: | Paederinae |
| Genus: | Paederus |
| Species: | Paederus #050 |
| Photographed specimen: | Sex = not sexed. Length = ~8mm. |
| Remarks: More than one species in the region. Colouration in the genus is uniformely black-red-blue to warn predators of the toxic capacities, if smashed on human body. the poison may cause severe and long las' | |
| Collected by: Not collected. July 2005 | |
| Locality: Loc,Info: Vicinity of Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, Alt. 50m |
| Subregion: Sulawesi |
| Ecological notes: Habitually found in grassy, open habitats near water. |
| Habitat: Dry woodland. attracted to light |
| Agricultural role: No data yet |
| Management: No data yet |