Pelioptera opaca

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: Aleocharinae
Tribus: Geostibini
Genus: Pelioptera
Species: Pelioptera opaca

Name

Pelioptera (Pelioptera) opaca Kraatz, 1857: 56

Synonymy

• Pelioptera opaca Kraatz, 1857: 56 [original combination]; Cameron, 1939: 418; Pace, 1998: 152
  • Pelioptera (Pelioptera) opaca — Smetana, 2004: 415; Schülke & Smetana, 2015: 609
• Homalota dilutipennis Motschulsky, 1858: 252
• Homalota mucronata Kraatz, 1859: 29
• Homalota putrescens Wollaston, 1862: 185
• Homalota subputrescens Wollaston, 1867: 223
• Homalota destituta Waterhouse, 1876: 108
• Atheta (Ceritaxa) vitalei Bernhauer, 1932: 242
• Pelioptera sumbaensis Scheerpeltz, 1957: 333 [synonym in Smetana 2004: 415]

Native distribution areas

Sicily, Azores, Canary Is., Japan, Korea (North, South), Nepal, Sri Lanka, India, Vietnam, China (Yunnan), Taiwan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, New Guinea, Yemen, Cape Verde Is., Tanzania, Zaire, Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion, Rodriguez; [?] USA, Hawaiian Is.

References

Primary references

• Kraatz, G., 1857: Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Termitophilen. Linnaea Entomologica, 11: 44–56 + pl. 1. BHL [original description: p. 56]

Additional references

• Lee, S-G. & Ahn, K-J. 2019. Taxonomy of the genus Pelioptera Kraatz (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae) in Korea. Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity 12(2): 197–203. DOI: 10.1016/j.japb.2019.01.004 Reference page.  [redescription, material, distribution, remarks: p. 198, figs. 1, 2A–F]
• Pace, R. 1991. Aleocharinae nepalesi del Museo di Ginevra. Parte V: Athetini (conclusione) e Thamiaraeini (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). (111° contributo all conoscenza delle Aleocharinae). [Aleocharinae from Nepal in the Geneva Museum. Part V: Athetini (conclusion) and Thamiaraeini.] Revue suisse de zoologie, 98(4): 803–863. BHL Reference page.  [list: p. 839]
• Pace, R. 1998. Aleocharinae della Cina: Parte I (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). (139° Contributo alla conoscenza delle Aleocharinae.) [Aleocharinae from China: Part I (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae).] Revue suisse de zoologie 105(1): 139–220, 234 figs. BHL Reference page.  [material, distribution: p. 152]
• Pace, R. 1999. Aleocharinae di Hong Kong (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). (151° Contributo alla conoscenza delle Aleocharinae.) [Aleocharinae from Hong Kong (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae).] Revue suisse de zoologie 106(3): 663–689, 79 figs. BHL Reference page.  [material, distribution: p. 665]
• Pace, R. 2004. Falagriini, Deremini, Athetini e Thamiaraeini del Borneo (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). (187° Contributo alla conoscenza delle Aleocharinae.) [Falagriini, Deremini, Athetini and Thamiaraeini from Borneo (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae).] Revue suisse de zoologie 111(4): 791–850. BHL Reference page.  [material, distribution: p. 795]
• Pace, R. 2009. Athetini di Taiwan: contributo alla conoscenza delle Aleocharinae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). [Athetini of Taiwan: contribution to the knowledge of the Aleocharinae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae).] Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona botanica zoologia 33: 51–96. Full article (PDF) Reference page.  [material, distribution: p. 90]
• Pace, R. 2015. Contributo alla conoscenza della biodiversità delle Aleocharinae del Nepal (Insecta: Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). (297° Contributo alla conoscenza delle Aleocharinae). [Contribution to the knowledge of the biodiversity of the Aleocharinae from Nepal (Insecta: Coleoptera: Staphylinidae).] Veröffentlichungen des Naturkundemuseums Erfurt - VERNATE 34: 199–227. Reference page.  [records, distribution: p. 205]
• Pace, R. 2015. Contributo alla Conoscenza della Biodiversità delle Aleocharinae di Vietnam e Nuova Guinea (Insecta: Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). (298° Contributo alla conoscenza delle Aleocharinae). [Contribution to the knowledge of the biodiversity of the Aleocharinae from Vietnam and New Guinea (Insecta: Coleoptera: Staphylinidae).] Veröffentlichungen des Naturkundemuseums Erfurt - VERNATE 34: 229–233. Reference page.  [records, distribution: p. 231]