Adelopsis leo

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Staphylinoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata 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: Leiodidae
Subfamilia: Cholevinae
Tribus: Ptomaphagini
Genus: Adelopsis
Species: Adelopsis leo

Name

Adelopsis leo Gnaspini, 1993: 81

• Type locality: Gruta Colorida [Cave], Iporanga, São Paulo State, Brazil.
• Holotype: MZSP, ♂, 30-III-1988. P. Gnaspini leg.

Native distribution areas

Brazil (São Paulo).

References

Primary references

• Gnaspini, P. 1993. Brazilian Cholevidae (Coleoptera), with emphasis on cavernicolous species. II. Subgenus Iutururuca nov., subgenus of Adelopsis. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 29: 77–87. DOI: 10.1080/21686351.1993.12277649 [original description: p. 81]

Additional references

• Gnaspini, P. & Gomyde, E.C. 2025. Revisiting the concept of ‘ultra evolved’ aedeagi of Adelopsis Portevin, 1907 (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Cholevinae: Ptomaphagini) using scanning electron microscopy, with description and redescription of species. Megataxa 17(1): 91–216. DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.17.1.3. . Reference page.  [material, redescription of aedeagus: p. 120, Figs. 30–35]