Stilicoderus psittacus

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: Paederinae
Tribus: Lathrobiini
Subtribus: Stilicina
Genus: Stilicoderus
Species: Stilicoderus psittacus

Name

Stilicoderus psittacus Assing, 2013: 71

• Type locality: CHINA: Border Shaanxi – Sichuan (Daba Shan), pass 20 km SSE Zhenping, 1700–1800 m, 31°44'N, 109°35'E.
• Holotype: Author’s private collection, ♂, 9.VII.2001, leg. M. SCHÜLKE [C01-07].
• Etymology: The specific epithet is a noun (Latin: parrot) in apposition and refers to the shape of the ventral process of the aedeagus, which somewhat resembles the beak of a parrot.

References

Primary references

• Assing, V. 2013. New species and records of Stilicoderus and Stiliderus, primarily from the southern East Palaearctic region (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde (A) (n.s.) 6: 57–82. Full article (PDF) Reference page.  [original description: p. 71, figs. 45, 48–56]

Additional references

• Assing, V. 2013. Three new species and new records of Stilicoderus and Stiliderus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 45(2): 1571–1585. PDF Reference page.  [material, comment: p. 1581]
• Assing, V. 2014. Seven new species and additional records of Stilicoderus and Stiliderus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 46(1): 481–498. Full article (PDF) Reference page.  [material, comment: p. 484]
• Assing, V. 2015. On Stilicoderus and Stiliderus IV. Two new species from China and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 47(1): 145–161. Full article (PDF). Reference page.  [material, comment: p. 147, map 1]