Creophilus flavipennis

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: Staphylininae
Tribus: Staphylinini
Subtribus: Staphylinina
Genus: Creophilus
Species: Creophilus flavipennis

Name

Creophilus flavipennis (Hope, 1831: 32)

Synonymy

• Staphylinus flavipennis Hope, 1831: 32 [original combination]
• Creophilus villipennis Kraatz, 1859: 67 [synonym in Clarke 2011: 772]
• Emus violaceus Fauvel, 1878: 248 [synonym in Clarke 2011: 772]
• Emus insularis Fauvel, 1879: 94 [synonym in Clarke 2011: 772]

Native distribution areas

• Ryukyu Is. (Iriomote), India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, China (Qinghai), Taiwan, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia (Sarawak), Philippines, Indonesia (Sumatra, Kalimantan, Lombok, Ceram, Buru, Batcian, Moluccas, Nias, Tanimbar)
• [uncertain] New Guinea (Clarke 2011, Hayashi & Shôyama 2013, Newton 2019).

References

Primary references

• Hope, F.W. 1831. Synopsis of the new species of Nepaul insects in the collection of Major-General Hardwicke. Pp. 21–32. In: Gray J.E. (ed.): The Zoological Miscellany Vol. 1. London: Treuttel, Wuurtz & Co., 40 pp., 4 pls. BHL Reference page.  [original description: p. 32]
• Clarke, D.J. 2011. Testing the phylogenetic utility of morphological character systems, with a revision of Creophilus Leach (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Zoological journal of the Linnean Society 163(3): 723–812. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00725.x Reference page.  [syn. nov., lectotype designation, see p. 772]

Additional references

• Hu, F-S. 2020. New distributional records of Staphylinina in Taiwan, including a new species of Miobdelus Sharp (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae: Staphylinini). Zootaxa 4768(3): 334–360. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4768.3.2 Reference page.  [material, diagnosis, distribution, remarks: p. 335, fig. 1]