Japanophilus hojoi

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: Termitohospitini
Subtribus: Hetairotermitina
Genus: Japanophilus
Species: J. hojoi

Name

Japanophilus hojoi Maruyama & Iwata, 2002: 427

• Type locality: Japan: Kyushu: Kagoshima Pref.: Tokara-Suwanose-jima Is.

Native distribution areas

Japan (Honshu); Ryukyu Is. (Yakushima, Naka-no-shima, Suwanose).

References

Primary references

• Maruyama, M. & Iwata, R. 2002. Two new termitophiles of the tribe Termitohospitini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae) associated with Coptotermes formosanus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae). Canadian entomologist 134(4): 419–432. [original description: p. 427]

Additional references

• Liang, W-R., Maruyama, M., Kanao, T., Iwata, R. & Li, H-F. 2020. Discovery of termitophilous rove beetles associated with Formosan subterranean termite Coptotermes formosanus in Taiwan, with the first larval description for the tribe Termitohospitini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 60(1): 77–87. DOI: 10.37520/aemnp.2020.005 Reference page.  [distribution: p. 80; description of the first larval instar: p. 82]