Afrus

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: Afrus
Species: A. collarti – A. spegazzinii

Name

Afrus Janák & Bordoni, 2015: 6

• Type species: Thyreocephalus spegazzinii Bernhauer, 1915, fixed by original designation.

References

Primary references

• 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.  [original description: p. 6]

Additional references

• Bordoni, A. 2018. Revision of the Afrotropical Xantholinini (Coleoptera Staphylinidae). Biodiversity journal 2016, 7(4): 389–894. PDF. Reference page.  [note, key: p. 514]