Atheta microelytrata

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: Atheta
Subgenus: Microdota
Species: Atheta microelytrata

Name

• Atheta microelytrata Klimaszewski & Godin in Klimaszewski, Godin & Bourdon, 2012: figs. 7, 22, 23, 44–47

Holotype: Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Laurentian Forestry Centre, René Martineau Insectarium, Québec City, Quebec, Canada, ♂.

Type locality: Canada, Yukon, Whitehorse, Takhini, hotsprings, 60.8769, -135.3596, 30.IV.2009, 716 m, aspen litter – soil sifting, B. Godin.

Etymology: The specific name derives from the word micro, meaning small, and elytra,in allusion to the small and short elytra of this species.

References

Primary references

• Klimaszewski, J., Godin, B. & Bourdon, C. 2012. Further contributions to the aleocharine fauna of the Yukon Territory, Canada (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). ZooKeys 186: 207–237. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.186.2674 Reference page.  [original description]

Links

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