Atheta richardsoni

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
Species: Atheta richardsoni

Name

• Atheta richardsoni Klimaszewski & Larson in Klimaszewski, Larson, Labreque & Bourdon 2016: figs. 33–40

Holotype: LFC, ♂, 25-VI-2010, Gramma-stipa pasture, Richardson ground squirrel burrow, D. Larson.

Type locality: CANADA: Saskatchewan, Hwy 21, 20 km N Maple Creek.

Etymology: Derived from the surname of Sir John Richardson, the surgeon-naturalist who participated in 19th century British naval expeditions to the arctic coast of “British North America”, now Canada.

References

Primary references

• Klimaszewski, J., Larson, D.J., Labreque, M. & Bourdon, C. 2016. Twelve new species and fifty-three new provincial distribution records of Aleocharinae rove beetles of Saskatchewan, Canada (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). ZooKeys 610: 45–112. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.610.9361. Reference page.  [original description]