Oxytelus echidne

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Staphylinidae
Subfamilia: Oxytelinae
Tribus: Oxytelini
Genus: Oxytelus
Species: Oxytelus echidne

Name

Oxytelus echidne (Fauvel, 1904: 110)

• Type locality: SOUTH AFRICA: Natal.

Synonymy

• Hoplitodes echidne Fauvel, 1904: 110 [original combination]; Fagel, 1960: 3; Herman, 1970: 404
  • Oxytelus echidne — Makranczy, 2006: 76, 92; Makranczy, 2012: 195

Native distribution areas

South Africa.

References

Primary references

• Fauvel, A. 1904. Staphylinides exotiques nouveaux. 2e Partie. Revue d’Entomologie 23: 76–112. BHL [original description: p. 110]
• Makranczy, G. 2006. Systematics and phylogenetic relationships of the genera in the Carpelimus group (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Oxytelinae). Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis hungarici 98: 29–120. Abstract and full article (PDF) Reference page.  [comb. nov.: p. 76, 92]

Additional references

• Makranczy, G. 2012: Nomenclatural changes removing secondary homonymy in the genus Oxytelus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Oxytelinae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 52(1): 193–205. PDF Reference page.  [record, distribution: p. 196]