Cephaloplectus trilobitoides

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: Ptiliidae
Subfamilia: Cephaloplectinae
Genus: Cephaloplectus
Species: Cephaloplectus trilobitoides
Synonyms (1): C. pusillus

Name

Cephaloplectus trilobitoides Mann, 1926

• • Authority for placement: original
  • Gender: changeable (-es, -e, -es)
  • Original genus: Cephaloplectus Sharp, 1883
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated (as 'type') and unique ('Described from a single specimen ...')
    • Descriprion: [adult]
    • Repository: USNM 29055
  • Type host: Eciton coecum
  • Type locality: 'Esquintla, Guatemala'
  • ZooBank: AFF7F5A4-AD56-4A1C-B568-409A1A63BA35

Primary references

• Mann, W.M. 1926: New neotropical myrmecophiles. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 16(16): 448–455. BHL Reference page.  [first availability, see p. 452]

References

• Seevers, C.H.; Dybas, H.S. 1943: A synopsis of the Limulodidae (Coleoptera): a new family proposed for myrmecophiles of the subfamilies Limulodinae (Ptiliidae) and Cephaloplectinae (Staphylinidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 36(3): 546-586. abstract full article at CHLA Reference page.  [see p. 583]