Taxonavigation

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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: Pselaphinae
Supertribus: Euplectitae
Tribus: Trichonychini
Subtribus: Trimiina
Genus: Melba
Subgenus: Asymmelba
Species: M. clavata – M. impressifrons

Name

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Melba (Asymmelba) Park, 1952: 140

  • Type species: Melba clavata Raffray, 1909, fixed by original designation.

Synonymy

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  • Asymmelba Park, 1942: 121 [nomen nudum, no type species designated]
    • Asymmelba Park, 1952: 140 [validation of Asymmelba Park, 1942 by designation of type species]

References

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Primary references

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  • Park, O. 1942. A study in Neotropical Pselaphidae. Northwestern University Studies in the Biological Sciences and Medicine. Number 1. Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill. X + 403 pp., 21 pls. [original description: p. 121]
  • Park, O. 1952. A revisional study of Neotropical pselaphid beetles. Part two. Tribe Euplectini sensu latiore. Chicago Academy of Sciences, Special Publication 9(2): 53–150 [incl. 7 pls.]. [validation of Asymmelba Park, 1942 by designation of type species: p. 140]