Stenus amamicola

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Staphylinoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota 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: Steninae
Genus: Stenus
Species: Stenus amamicola

Name

Stenus amamicola Puthz, 2025: 291 [nom. nov.]

• Type locality: Koniya, Amami Is., Kagoshima Pref.
• Holotype: Collection of Kohei Sawada, Ohsaka, ♀.

Synonymy

• Dianous amamiensis Sawada, 1960: 11 [original combination]; Herman, 2001: 2011; Naomi & Puthz, 2013: 137
  • Stenus amamicola Puthz, 2025: 291 [nom. nov. for the preoccupied Stenus amamiensis Sawada, 1960: 11 (nec Dianous amamiensis Sawada, 1960: 11)]

Native distribution areas

Ryukyu Is. (Amami-Ôshima, Tokunoshima).

References

Primary references

• Sawada, K. 1960. The new species of the genus Dianous Leach, 1819 from Japan (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Entomological review of Japan 11(1): 9–11. [original description: p. 11]

Additional references

• Naomi, S.-I., Nomura, S. & Puthz, V. 2017. The subfamily Steninae Macleay, 1825 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) of Japan. Part 1. Dianous and Stenus (S. comma group to S. guttalis group). National Museum of Nature and Science Monographs [Tokyo] No. 46: 1–339. PDF. Reference page.  [redescription, remarks: p. 33, figs. 10A–F, 127 C]
• Puthz, V. 2025. Taxonomische Konsequenzen der neueren Untersuchungen der Subfamilie Steninae Macleay (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) (378. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Steninen). Linzer biologische Beiträge 57(1): 285–310. PDF . Reference page.  [nom. nov.: p. 291]