Drusilla opacicollis

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 opacicollis

Name

Drusilla opacicollis (Cameron, 1920: 98)

• Type locality: Bogawantalawa.
• Status:   invalid   [synonym of Pheidologitonetes vedda; see Assing, 2021]

Synonymy

• Myrmedonia opacicollis Cameron, 1920: 98 [original combination; preoccupied in Drusilla, not Astilbus opacicollis Eppelsheim, 1895, but not now congeneric]
• Drusilla vedda Pace, 1992: 144 [new name for Myrmedonia opacicollis Cameron, 1920]

Native distribution areas

Sri Lanka.

References

Primary references

• Cameron, M. 1920: New species of Staphylinidae from Ceylon. Entomologist's monthly magazine 56: 49–53, 94–99. [original description: p. 98]
• Assing, V. 2021. On the Lomechusini of the Palaearctic and Oriental regions XXVIII. New genera, species, and records, with a focus on the fauna of Laos and Borneo (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Acta Musei Moraviae, scientiae biologicae 106(1): 1–193. PDF Reference page.  [comb. nov.]