Coenonica foeminea

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: Staphylinidae
Subfamilia: Aleocharinae
Tribus: Homalotini
Subtribus: Silusina
Genus: Coenonica
Species: Coenonica foeminea

Name

Coenonica foeminea Pace, 2012: 1336, figs. 13-16

• Type locality: Usambara, Derema.

• Holotype: ZMB, ♂, 16.II.-7.X.1899, leg. Conradt.

• Etymology: The name of the species derives from the absence of evident secondary sexual characters of the male that so it looks superficially like a female.

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. 1336, figs. 13-16]