Asymmelba

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

Name

Melba (Asymmelba) Park, 1952: 140

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

Synonymy

• 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

Primary references

• 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]