Hypotelus

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: Piestinae
Genus: Hypotelus
Species: H. andinus – H. brevitarsus – H. castaneus – H. corniculatus – H. insulanus – H. laevis – H. marginatus – H. melanodelta – H. micans – H. praecox – H. pusillus – H. scheerpeltzi – H. testaceus

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Invalid species names: H. hostilis – H. lucidus

Name

Hypotelus Erichson, 1839: 31

• Type species: Hypotelus pusillus Erichson, 1840, fixed by subsequent designation by Duponchel, 1841.

Synonymy

• Antropiestus Bernhauer, 1917: 45 [as subgenus of Piestus] [syn. by Caron et al., 2012: 551]
  • Type species: Piestus (Antropiestus) andinus Bernhauer, 1917, fixed by original designation.
• Eccoptopiestus Scheerpeltz, 1952: 295 [as subgenus of Piestus] [syn. by Caron et al., 2012: 550]
  • Type species: Piestus laevis Solsky, 1872 , fixed by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Erichson, W.F. 1839. Erster Band. Pp. 1–400. In: Genera et species Staphylinorum insectorum coleopterorum familiae. Berlin: F.H. Morin, viii + 954 pp. + 5 pls. BHL Reference page.  [original description: p. 31]
• Caron, E., Ribeiro-Costa, C.S. & Newton, A.F. 2012. Cladistic analysis and revision of Piestus Gravenhorst with remarks on related genera (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Piestinae). Invertebrate systematics 25(6): 490–585. DOI: 10.1071/IS10016 Reference page.  [syn. nov.: p. 550]

Additional references

• Bortoluzzi, S., Caron, E. & Ribeiro-Costa, C.S. 2017. Revision and phylogeny of Hypotelus Erichson: a Neotropical genus of minute rove beetles (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Piestinae). Zootaxa 4273(4): 451–487. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4273.4.1. Reference page.