Diplopleurus antepolitus

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: Lomechusini
Subtribus: Myrmedoniina
Genus: Diplopleurus
Species: Diplopleurus antepolitus

Name

Diplopleurus antepolitus Pace, 2012: 1341

• Type locality: CAMEROON: Bosum bei Termiten.
• Holotype: ZMB, ♂, leg. Tessmann.
• Etymology: The name of the new species derives from the shiny fore-body and with clear puncturation thate aappers polished, from the Latin politus = smooth, smoothed and shining.

Native distribution areas

Cameroon.

References

Primary 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. 1341, figs. 37-40]