Thyreocephalus ater

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: Xantholinini
Genus: Thyreocephalus
Species: Thyreocephalus ater

Name

Thyreocephalus ater (Laporte, 1835: 117)

• Type locality: Sénégal.

Synonymy

• Eulissus ater Laporte, 1835: 117 [original combination]
  • Xantholinus ater — Erichson, 1839: 318
  • Thyreocephalus ater — Cameron, 1952: 831; Herman, 2001: 3761; Janak & Bordoni, 2015: 34

References

Primary references

• Laporte [de Castelnau] F.L.N.C. 1835. Études entomologiques, ou description d’insectes nouveaux, et observations sur la synonymie. Première partie. Paris: Méquignon-Marvis Père et Fils, 159 pp., 4 pls. [original description: p. 117]

Additional references

• Bordoni, A. 2018. Revision of the Afrotropical Xantholinini (Coleoptera Staphylinidae). Biodiversity journal 2016, 7(4): 389–894. PDF. Reference page.  [material, description, distribution: p. 531]
• Herman, L.H. 2001. Catalog of the Staphylinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera). 1758 to the end of the second millennium. VI. Staphylinine group (Part 3). Staphylininae: Staphylinini (Quediina, Staphylinina, Tanygnathinina, Xanthopygina), Xantholinini. Staphylinidae incertae sedis. Fossils, Protactinae†. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 265: 3021–3840. hdl: 2246/5831 Reference page.  [catalog: p. 3761]
• Janák, J. & Bordoni, A. 2015. Revision of the genus Thyreocephalus and description of Afrus gen. nov. of Africa south of the Sahara (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae). Zootaxa 4038(1): 1–94. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4038.1.1. Preview (PDF) ISBN 978-1-77557-825-3 (paperback); ISBN 978-1-77557-826-0 (Online edition) Reference page.  [material, redescription, distribution: p. 34, figs. 64, 75–79]