Ptiliopycna moerens

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: Ptiliidae
Subfamilia: Acrotrichinae
Tribus: Nephanini
Genus: Ptiliopycna
Species: Ptiliopycna moerens

Name

• Ptiliopycna moerens (Matthews, 1874)
  • Authority for placement: Dybas, 1978: 87 ('NEW COMBINATION')

Synonyms

• Trichopteryx moerens: original combination
• Ptiliopycna quadrata

References

Primary references

• Matthews, A. 1874: Notes on Australasian and North American Trichopterygia; with descriptions of four new species. Cistula entomologica 1: [295]-299. BHL Reference page.  [first availability, see p. 298]

Additional references

• Dybas, H.S. 1978: The systematics, and geographical and ecological distribution of Ptiliopycna, a Nearctic genus of parthenogenetic featherwing beetles (Coleoptera: Ptiliidae). American midland naturalist 99(1): 83–100. JSTOR Reference page.  [see p. 87, and figs. 1-5]