Metopiellus palamaku

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Staphylinoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata 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: Metopiellus palamaku

Name

Metopiellus palamaku Tapuy-Avilés, Díaz-Guevara & Caterino, 2026: 129

• Type locality: Ecuador. Napo: Chontapunta, R. Minga, -0.88692, -77.27049, 300 m.
• Holotype: MECN MECN-EN 23780, ♂, 07-feb-2023, Díaz-Guevara & N. Berrazueta.

Native distribution areas

Ecuador.

References

Primary references

• Tapuy-Avilés, Y., Díaz-Guevara, D.R. & Caterino, M.S. 2026. First country record of Metopiellus Raffray, 1908 (Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae, Metopiasini) from Ecuador, with description of two new species. ZooKeys 1266: 127–135. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1266.169869 Reference page.  [original description: p. 129, figs. 1A–C, 2A–C]