Rhopaletes

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: Athetini
Subtribus: Thamiaraeina
Genus: Rhopaletes
Species: R. bericus – R. flavus – R. hickeri – R. mascarenus – R. nepalensis – R. slavoniae – R. solifugus

Name

Rhopaletes Cameron, 1939: 448

• Type species: Rhopaletes flavus Cameron, 1939, fixed by original designation.

Synonymy

• Sipalia (Typhlosipalia) Scheerpeltz, 1951: 171 [preoccupied, not Typhlosipalia Ganglbauer 1895 (Coleoptera)]
  • Type species: Leptusa solifuga Ganglbauer, 1895, fixed by original designation.
• Sipalia (Ommatidiosipalia) Scheerpeltz, 1963: 77 [synonym in Pace 1987: 434]
  • Type species: Sipalia hickeri Scheerpeltz, 1963, fixed by original designation.
• Venetiella Pace, 1975: 134
  • Type species: Venetiella berica Pace, 1975, fixed by original designation. [synonym in Pace 1987: 434]
• Ganglbaueria Likovský, 1984: 1 [new name for Typhlosipalia Scheerpeltz; preoccupied, not Ganglbaueria Semenov 1891 (Coleoptera)]
  • Type species: Leptusa solifuga Ganglbauer, 1895, fixed by autotypy.

Note:

• Pace 1999 in tribus Thamiaraeini; synonym of Platyola, Pace 2005: 269, no reason given.

References

Primary references

• Cameron, M., 1939: Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Coleoptera Staphylinidae. Volume IV. Parts I and II. Taylor and Francis, London, xviii + 691 pp. Archive (part I) [original description: p. 448]