Adelopsis picunche

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 picunche

Name

Adelopsis picunche (Gnaspini, 1991: 391)

• Type locality: Sistema (Cueva) Cuchillo Cura [Cave], Neuquén Province, Argentina.
• Holotype: MACN, ♂.

Synonymy

• Ptomaphagus picunche Gnaspini, 1991: 391 [org. comb.]
  • Adelopsis picunche (Gnaspini): Gnaspini, 1996: 539 [comb. nov.]

Native distribution areas

Argentina (Neuquén).

References

Primary references

• Gnaspini, P. 1991. A new cavernicolous Ptomaphagus (Coleoptera, Cholevidae) from Argentina. Giornale Italiano di Entomologia 5: 391–395. [original description: p. 391]

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. 205, Figs. 114–117]