Mentraphus

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: Pselaphinae
Supertribus: Pselaphitae
Tribus: Pselaphini
Genus: Mentraphus
Species: M. burgeoni – M. formicetorum – M. ghesquierei – M. obenbergeri – M. pselaphodes – M. raffrayi

Name

Mentraphus Sharp, 1883: 225

• Type species: Mentraphus pselaphodes Sharp, 1883, fixed by monotypy.

Synonymy

• Psilocephalus Raffray, 1877: 284 [preoccupied, not Psilocephalus Swainson, 1839 (Pisces), not Psilocephalus Salter, 1866 (Trilobita)]
  • Type species: Psilocephalus formicetorum Raffray, 1877
• Apenicillus Reitter, 1885: 228 [nom. nov. for Psilocephalus Raffray]
• Callithorax Motschulsky, 1851: 482 [preoccupied, not Callithorax Agassiz, 1846 (Aves)]
  • Type species: Callithorax subtilis Motschulsky, 1851
• Callithoracoides E. Strand, 1928: 2 [nom. nov. for Callithorax Motschulsky]

References

Primary references

• Sharp, D. 1883. Mentraphus (nov. gen. Pselaphidarum). Wiener Entomologische Zeitung 2: 225–226. [original description: p. 225]