Micranops pokharensis

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 pokharensis

Name

Micranops pokharensis (Coiffait, 1981: 332)

• Type locality: Nepal, Gandaki, Pokhara: Dhumpus-Kara.
• Holotype: MNHN, ♂, leg. Franz.

Synonymy

• Scopaeus (Microscopaeus) pokharensis Coiffait, 1981: 332 [org. comb.]
  • Scopaeus (Scopaeus) pokharensis (Coiffait); Smetana 2004: 618
  • Micranops pokharensis (Coiffait); Frisch & Herman 2014: 70
• Scopaeus hustachei Coiffait, 1987: 497; replacement name for Scopaeus (Hyposcopaeus) franzi Coiffait, 1982: 96 (primary homonym of S. franzi Coiffait, 1968: 416) [syn. nov. in Frisch, 2025]
  • Scopaeus (Scopaeus) hustachei (Coiffait); Smetana 2004: 617
  • Micranops hustachei (Coiffait); Frisch & Herman 2014: 69

Native distribution areas

Nepal, India, Sri Lanka.

References

Primary references

• Coiffait, H. 1981. Staphylinides nouveaux du Népal. Nouvelle revue d’entomologie, 11(4): 323–335. [original description: p. 332]

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, redescription, distribution: p. 518, figs. 35–40, 153, 154]