Metopias

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: Euplectitae
Tribus: Metopiasini
Subtribus: Metopiasina
Genus: Metopias
Species: M. cordiformis – M. curculionoides – M. goryi – M. surinamensis

Name

Metopias Gory, 1832

• Type species: Metopias curculionoides Gory, 1832, fixed by monotypy.

Synonymy

Metopias elegans Sharp, 1887 = Chandleria elegans (Sharp, 1887)

References

Primary references

• Gory, H. 1832. Metopias. Magasin de Zoologie 2: 2 unnumbered pages, pl. 42. BHL [original description]