Nephanes titan

Taxonavigation[edit]

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

Nephanes titan (Newman, 1834)
- Placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology by Melville (1985: 148), with the Name Number 2947

Melville, R.V. 1985: Opinion 1307. Ptinella Motschulsky, 1844 and Nephanes Thomson, 1859 (Insecta, Coleoptera): conserved. Bulletin of zoological nomenclature 42(2): 148–149. BHL Reference page.
Newman, E. 1834. Entomological notes (Continued from Vol. I., page 514.) Entomological Magazine 2(2): 200–205. BHL Reference page. [first availability, see p. 201]

Dybas, H.S. 1976: The larval characters of featherwing and limulodid beetles and their family relationships in the Staphylinoidea (Coleoptera: Ptiliidae and Limulodidae). Fieldiana: zoology 70(3): 29–78. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.3048 Reference page. [description of larvae, see p. 57, and figs. 24-25]
Johnson, C. 1985. Revision of Ptiliidae (Coleoptera) occurring in the Mascarenes, Seychelles and neighbouring islands. Entomologica basiliensia 10: 159–237. Google books (Snippet view). Reference page. [See p. 219, and 'Figs 93-96'; description]
Presence of spermatophores in Nephanes titan (Newman) (Ptiliidae).