Mocyta scopula

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: Mocyta
Species: Mocyta scopula

Name

Mocyta scopula (Casey, 1893: 335)

Synonymy

• Eurypronota scopula Casey, 1893: 335 [original combination]
  • Dolosota scopula: Casey (1910) (as type species of Dolosota)
  • Acrotona (Dolosota) scopula: Seevers (1978) (as valid species) (Dolosota syn. of Acrotona, in part; some species moved to Pancota)
  • Acrotona scopula: Majka and Sikes (2009) (valid species following Gusarov (2003))
  • Mocyta scopula: Brunke, Pentinsaari & Klimaszewski, 2021: 78
• Pancota laetabilis Casey, 1906
  • Pancota laetabilis: Seevers (1978) (as valid species)
  • Acrotona laetabilis: Majka & Sikes (2009) (syn. of A. scopula following Gusarov (2003))
• Dolosota abundans Casey, 1910
  • Acrotona (Dolosota) abundans: Seevers (1978) (as valid species)
  • Acrotona abundans: Majka & Sikes (2009) (syn. of A. scopula following Gusarov (2003))
• Dolosota flaccida Casey, 1910
  • Acrotona (Dolosota) flaccida: Seevers (1978) (as valid species)
  • Acrotona flaccida: Majka & Sikes (2009) (syn. of A. scopula following Gusarov (2003))
• Dolosota redundans tergina Casey, 1910
  • Pancota redundans tegrina: Seevers (1978) (implied, subspecies not directly mentioned)
  • Acrotona redundans tergina: Majka & Sikes (2009) (syn. of A. scopula following Gusa-rov (2003))
• Dolosota secunda Casey, 1910
  • Acrotona (Dolosota) secunda: Seevers (1978) (as valid species)
  • Acrotona secunda: Majka & Sikes (2009) (syn. of A. scopula following Gusarov (2003))
• Dolosota sequax Casey, 1910
  • Acrotona (Dolosota) sequax: Seevers (1978) (as valid species)
  • Acrotona sequax: Majka & Sikes (2009) (syn. of A. scopula following Gusarov (2003))

Native distribution areas

USA (IA, MO, MS, NY, PA, RI), Canada (ON).

References

Primary references

• Casey, T.L. 1893 [1894]. Coleopterological notices, V. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 7: 281–606, pl. 1. DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1893.tb55411.x BHL [original description: p. 335]
• Brunke, A.J., Pentinsaari, M. & Klimaszewski, J. 2021. Integrative taxonomy of Nearctic and Palaearctic Aleocharinae: new species, synonymies, and records (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). ZooKeys 1041: 27–99. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1041.64460 Reference page.  [comb. nov., material, diagnosis, comments: p. 78, figs. 30A–F]