Coprostygnus

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: Oxytelinae
Tribus: Coprophilini
Genus: Coprostygnus
Species: C. curvipes – C. optandus – C. picipennis – C. sculptipennis

Name

Coprostygnus Sharp, 1886: 380

• Type species: Coprostygnus sculptipennis Sharp, 1886, fixed by monotypy.

References

Primary sources

• Sharp, D. 1886. On New Zealand Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Scientific transactions of the Royal Dublin Society (2)3: 351–454, plates XII–XIII. BHL. Internet Archive. Reference page.  [first availability, see p. 380]

Additional references

• Herman, L.H. 1970: Phylogeny and reclassification of the genera of the rove-beetle subfamily Oxytelinae of the world (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 142: 345–454.