Metopiellus

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: Metopiellus
Species: M. aglenus – M. guanano – M. hirtus – M. painensis – M. silvaticus

Name

Metopiellus Raffray, 1908: 188

• Type species: Metopias hirtus Reitter, 1895, fixed by subsequent designation in Park, 1942: 205.

References

Primary references

• Raffray, A. 1908. 64^me fascicule. Coleoptera. Fam. Pselaphidae. In: Wytsman P.A. (Ed) Genera Insectorum. Vol. X. P. Wytsman, Bruxelles, 487 pp. + 9 pls. [original description: p. 188]
• Park, O. 1942. A study in Neotropical Pselaphidae. Northwestern University Studies in the Biological Sciences and Medicine. Number 1. Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill. X + 403 pp., 21 pls. [type designation: p. 205]

Additional references

• Asenjo, A., Ferreira, R.L. & Zampaulo, R. de A. 2017. Description of Metopiellus painensis sp. nov. (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae), first troglobitic Pselaphinae from Brazil. Zootaxa 4269(1): 115–123. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4269.1.5. Reference page. 
• Fiorentino, G., Tocora, M.C. & Ramirez, S. 2022. A new species of Metopiellus (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae) from the northern Colombian Amazon. Zookeys 1108ː 1–9. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1108.76077 Reference page.