Thiasophila

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Staphylinoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Staphyliniformia Superfamilia: Staphylinoidea

Familia: Staphylinidae
Subfamilia: Aleocharinae
Tribus: Oxypodini
Subtribus: Dinardina
Genus: Thiasophila
Subgenera: Apatusa

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Species overview: T. angulata – T. aynumosir – T. bercionis – T. blanchardi – T. canaliculata – T. inquilina – T. kaszabi – T. laticollis – T. lohsei – T. nipponica – T. parvula – T. pexa – T. pulchricornis – T. rufescens – T. shinanonis – T. szujeckii – T. wickhami – T. wockii

Name

Thiasophila Kraatz, 1856: 69

• Type species: Aleochara angulata Erichson, 1837, designated in Jacquelin du Val, 1856: 15.

Synonymy

• Thyasophila Fairmaire & Laboulbène, 1856: 461 [attributed to Kraatz]
  • Type species: Aleochara angulata Erichson, 1837, designated in Fenyes, 1918: 25.
• Myrmecodelus Motschulsky, 1858: 239
  • Type species: Aleochara angulata Erichson, 1837, fixed by monotypy.
• Thiasophilomorpha Horion, 1967: 359 [attributed to Scheerpeltz in litt. 1966; characters sufficient to validate genus and species]
  • Type species: Thiasophilomorpha granulifera Horion, 1967, fixed by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Kraatz, G. 1856 [1858]. Naturgeschichte der Insecten Deutschlands. Erste Abtheilung Coleoptera. Zweiter Band. Lieferung 1 und 2. Berlin: Nicolai, viii + 376 pp BHL [original description: p. 69]

Additional references

• Assing, V. 2021k. The first record of the myrmecophilous genus Thiasophila from China (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Acta Musei Moraviae, scientiae biologicae 106(2): 335-341. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Maruyama, M.; Zerche, L. 2014: Japanese species of the myrmecophilous genus Thiasophila Kraatz, 1856 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae). Esakia, (54): 17–25. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 
• Zagaja, M.; Staniec, B.; Pietrykowska-Tudruj, E. 2014: The first morphological description of the immature stages of Thiasophila Kraatz, 1856 (Coleoptera; Staphylinidae) inhabiting ant colonies of the Formica rufa group. Zootaxa 3774(4): 301–323. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3774.4.1 Reference page. 
• Zagaja, M. & Staniec, B. 2015. Thiasophila szujeckii sp. n. (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae)—a cryptic species associated with Formica truncorum in Poland. Zootaxa 3955(3): 417–426. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3955.3.8 Preview (PDF). Reference page.