Gymnusa

Gymnusa grandiceps

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: Gymnusini
Genus: Gymnusa
Species (14): G. absens – G. anatolica – G. antiqua – G. atra – G. brevicollis – G. campbelli – G. grandiceps – G. inexspectata – G. konopackii – G. lindrothi – G. miyashitai – G. pseudovariegata – G. smetanai – G. variegata

Name

Gymnusa Gravenhorst, 1806: 173

• Type species: Gymnusa sinuata Gravenhorst, 1806, fixed by monotypy.

Synonymy

• Gymnusa Mannerheim, 1830: 66 [also 1831: 480; not as new, attributed to Karsten; synonymic homonym]
• Ischnocephalus Gistel, 1856: 387 [without description]
  • Type species: Staphylinus brevicollis Paykull, 1800, fixed by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Gravenhorst, J.L.C. 1806. Monographia Coleopterorum Micropterorum. Gottingae: Henricus Dieterich, 236 + [12] pp. [original description: p. 173]

Additional references

• Hammond, P. 1975: The phylogeny of a remarkable new genus and species of gymnusine staphylinid (Coleoptera) from the Auckland Islands. Journal of entomology (B), 44: 153–173. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1975.tb00010.x
• Klimaszewski, J. 1979: A revision of the Gymnusini and Deinopsini of the world. Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae. Canada Department of Agriculture Research Branch monograph, (25).
• Naomi, S.-I. 1994: Description of a new species of genus Gymnusa Gravenhorst (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) from Hokkaido, Japan. Natural history research, 3(1): 47–50.