Micranops upembanus

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 upembanus

Name

Micranops upembanus (Fagel, 1973: 26)

• Type locality: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Haut-Lomami: Mabwe (Lake Upemba).
• Holotype: RMCA, 24.II.1949, Mission G.F. de Witte.

Synonymy

• Geoscopaeus upembanus Fagel, 1973: 26 [org. comb.]
  • Micranops upembanus (Fagel); Frisch & Herman 2014: 71

Native distribution areas

Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi.

References

Primary references

• Fagel, G. 1973. Revision des Scopaeus (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae) de l’Afrique noire. Etudes du Continent Africain 1. Fondation pour favoriser les recherches scientifiques en Afrique, Bruxelles: 1–247. [original description: p. 26]

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. 509, figs. 11–13]