Xanthopygus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Staphylinoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota 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: Xanthopygina
Genus: Xanthopygus
Species: X. cognatus – X. luctuosus – X. major – X. max – X. oliveirae – X. pexus – X. xanthopygus

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In synonymy: X. depressus – X. giganteus – X. nigripes – X. violaceus

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Nomina dubia: X. grimmeri

Name

Xanthopygus Kraatz, 1857: 539

• Type species: Xanthopygus xanthopygus Nordmann, 1837, fixed by absolute tautonomy.

Synonymy

• Heteropygus Bernhauer, 1906: 195
  • Type species: Xanthopygus oliveirae Lynch, 1884, by subsequent designation by Lucas, 1920: 327.
• Lampropygus Sharp, 1884: 346
  • Type species: Staphylinus xanthopygus Nordmann, 1837, by subsequent designation by Lucas, 1920: 361.

References

Primary references

• Kraatz, G. 1857. Naturgeschichte der Insecten Deutschlands. Erste Abtheilung Coleoptera. Zweiter Band. Lieferung 3–6. Berlin: Nicolai, pp. 377–1080. Reference page.  [original description: p. 539]

Additional references

• Chatzimanolis, S. 2021. Out of Xanthopygus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae): escape from polyphyly. ZooKeys 1071: 83–107. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1071.75947 . Reference page. 
• Chatzimanolis, S. 2022. A revision of the genus Xanthopygus Kraatz (Staphylinidae: Xanthopygina). Zootaxa 5099(2): 151–178. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5099.2.1 . Reference page.  [Key to the species of Xanthopygus: p. 176]