Drusilla caputserpentis

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: Drusilla
Species: Drusilla caputserpentis

Name

Drusilla caputserpentis Pace, 2014: 755

• Type locality: BORNEO: Sabah, Danum Valley, Borneo Rainforest Lodge, Flight interception trap.
• Holotype: Guillaume de Rougemont private collection, ♂, 14-16.II.2007, G. de Rougemont leg.
• Etymology: The name of the new species, meaning "snake head" refers to the shape of the distal bulb of the spermatheca.

Native distribution areas

Malaysia (Sabah).

References

Primary references

• Pace, R. 2014. Aleocharinae from Sabah (Borneo) collected by Guillaume de Rougemont (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) Linzer biologische Beiträge 46(1): 727–794. PDF Reference page.  [original description: p. 755, figs. 42, 178]