Termitoquedius

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Staphylinoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata 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: Philonthina
Genus: Termitoquedius
Species: T. andinus – T. ecitonis – T. gigas – T. iheringi

Name

Termitoquedius Bernhauer, 1912: 45

• Type species: Termitoquedius iheringi Bernhauer, 1912, fixed by monotypy.

Synonymy

• Ecitolycus Wasmann, 1925: 76 [nomen nudum, no available species name included]
  • Type species: Ecitolycus laticollis Wasmann, 1925, fixed by monotypy.

Notes

• Moved from ex Quediina to Staphylinini incertae sedis in Chatzimanolis et al., 2010.
• Moved to Philonthina in Rodríguez-Melgarejo, Marvaldi & Chani-Posse, 2026.

References

Primary references

• Bernhauer, M. 1912. Zur Staphylinidenfauna von Südamerika. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 62: 26–48. [original description: p. 45]
• Rodríguez-Melgarejo, M., Marvaldi, A.E. & Chani-Posse, M.R. 2026. Myrmecophily in focus: taxonomy and systematics of Termitoquedius Bernhauer (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae: Staphylinini) with descriptions of two new species. Zootaxa 5750(3): 400–414. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5750.3.5. Reference page.