Pseustantha escalonai

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: Athetini
Genus: Pseustantha
Species: Pseustantha escalonai

Name

Pseustantha escalonai Pace, 2011: 63, figs. 66-73

• Type locality: VENEZUELA: Rancho Grande, Estacion, 1200 m, Edo. Aragua.

• Holotype: Temporarily in my collection, Monteforte d’Alpone, Verona, Italy, ♂, 24.IV.1999, sobre flor de Asplundia caput-medusae (palme), leg. H. Escalona.

• Etymology: The new species is dedicated to its collector, Hermes Escalona of Maracay-Aragua (Venezuela).

References

• Pace, R. 2011. New and additional records, new genera and new species of Aleocharinae from Venezuela, Ecuador and Peru (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona botanica zoologia 35: 43–70. Full article (PDF) Reference page.  [original description: p. 63, figs. 66-73]