Termitomorpha

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: Corotocini
Subtribus: Termitogastrina
Genus: Termitomorpha
Species: T. alata – T. costaricensis – T. fissipennis – T. goeldiana – T. huachii – T. manni – T. meinerti – T. sinuosa

Name

Termitomorpha Wasmann, 1894: 210

• Type species: Termitomorpha meinerti Wasmann, 1894, fixed by monotypy.

Synonymy

• Thaxteria Fenyes, 1921: 17
  • Type species: Thaxteria insularis Fenyes, 1921, fixed by original designation.
• Termitosomus Seevers, 1939: 3
  • Type species: Termitogaster fissipennis Casey, 1890, fixed by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Wasmann, E. 1894. Kritisches Verzeichniss der myrmekophilen und termitophilen Arthropoden. Mit Angabe der Lebensweise und mit Beschreibung neuer Arten. Berlin: F.L. Dames, xiii + [2] + 231 pp. [original description: p. 210]

Additional references

• Caron, E., Bortoluzzi, S. & Rosa, C.S. 2018. Two new species of obligatory termitophilous rove beetles from Brazil (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Termitomorpha Wasmann). Zootaxa 4413(3): 566–578. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4413.3.10 Reference page.  [Key to the species of Termitomorpha: p. 577]