Micranops brachycerus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Staphylinoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota 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 Cladus: Antennopoda 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: Paederinae
Tribus: Lathrobiini
Subtribus: Scopaeina
Genus: Micranops
Species: Micranops brachycerus

Name

Micranops brachycerus (Fauvel, 1900: 70)

• Type locality: Democratic Republic of the Congo: Kinshasa.
• Lectotype: RBINS, ♂, Coll. et det. A. Fauvel; [lectotype designated in Frisch, 2025].

Synonymy

• Scopaeus brachycerus Fauvel, 1900: 70 [org. comb.]
  • Geoscopaeus brachycerus (Fauvel); Fagel 1973: 21–23
  • Micranops brachycerus (Fauvel); Frisch & Herman 2014: 69

Native distribution areas

Democratic Republic of the Congo.

References

Primary references

• Fauvel, A. 1900. Staphylinides nouveaux de Kinchassa (Congo). Revue d’Entomologie 19: 66–74. BHL [original description: p. 70]

Additional references

• Frisch, J. 2025. Micranops Cameron, 1913 in the Old World. New species, redescriptions, and new records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Megataxa 017(2): 500–562. DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.17.2.5 . Reference page.  [records, lectotype, redescription, distribution: p. 537, figs. 98–100]