Acrotona nitidaespinae

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: Athetini
Subtribus: Athetina
Genus: Acrotona
Species: Acrotona nitidaespinae

Name

Acrotona nitidaespinae (Pace, 2014: 736)

• Type locality: BORNEO: Sabah, Danum Valley, Borneo Rainforest Lodge, Flight interception trap.
• Holotype: Collection Guillaume de Rougemont, London, ♂, 14-16.II.2007, G. de Rougemont leg.
• Etymology: The name of the species means "shiny thorns", alluding to the internal sclerotised pieces of the aedeagus.

Synonymy

• Atheta (Acrotona) nitidaespinae Pace, 2014 [basionym]

References

• Pace, R. 2014. Aleocharinae from Sabah (Borneo) collected by Guillaume de Rougemont (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) Linzer biologische Beiträge 46(1): 727–794. PDF Reference page.  [original description: p. 736, figs. 10, 86-88]