Brachysipalia errans

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Staphylinoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota 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: Staphylinidae
Subfamilia: Aleocharinae
Tribus: Lomechusini
Subtribus: Myrmedoniina
Genus: Brachysipalia
Species: Brachysipalia errans

Name

Brachysipalia errans Pace, 2012: 1333, figs. 1-3

• Type locality: D. O. Afrika, Kilimandscharo, ca. 2500-3000 m, addome Bismarokhüng oberhalb Marangu, S von Mawensi Hochweiden.
• Holotype: ZMB, ♀, II.1912, leg. Chr. Schröder.
• Etymology: Normally species of Brachysipalia are wingless or micropterous. The new species possesses functional wings that enable it to disperse widely.

References

• Pace, R. 2012. New data and new species of Aleocharinae from Tropical Africa in the Natural History Museum of the Humboldt University, Berlin (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). (277th Contribution to the knowledge of Aleocharinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 44(2): 1331–1362. Full article (PDF) Reference page.  [original description: p. 1340]