Aenictonia costata

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: Lomechusini
Subtribus: Myrmedoniina
Genus: Aenictonia
Species: Aenictonia costata

Name

Aenictonia costata (Eppelsheim, 1885: 107)

• Type locality: Ghana, Adda an der Goldküste [= Ada].

Synonymy

• Myrmedonia costata Eppelsheim, 1885: 107 [original combination]
• Aenictonia feae Gridelli, 1926: 177 [synonymy in Kistner, 1968: 978]
• Aenictonia schwabi — Cameron 1948: 82 [misidentification of Aenictonia schwabi Wasmann 1915; synonymy in Kistner, 1968: 978]

Native distribution areas

Ghana, Tanzania, Cameroon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Central African Republic.

References

Primary references

• Eppelsheim, E. 1885. Beitrag zur Staphylinidenfauna West-Afrika’s. Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift 29: 97–147. [original description: p. 107]