Acrotona elephantis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Staphylinoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa 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
Subtribus: Athetina
Genus: Acrotona
Species: Acrotona elephantis

Name

Acrotona elephantis (Pace, 1986: 101)

• Type locality: Tanganyka, Mt. Meru, E slope, 5700 feet, extracted from dung of elephant.
• Holotype: HNHM, ♂, 1.II.1966, Dr. Szunyoghy leg.

Synonymy

• Atheta (Acrotona) elephantis Pace, 1986 [original combination]

References

Primary references

• Pace, R. 1986. Aleocharinae dell’Africa Orientale (Coleoptera Staphylinidae) (LXXVI Contributo alla conoscenza delle Aleocharinae). Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis hungarici 78: 83–143, 239 figs. Full article (PDF) Reference page.  [original description: p. 101, figs. 143-146]