Halmaeusa

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: Homalotini
Subtribus: Bolitocharina
Genus: Leptusa
Subgenus: Halmaeusa
Species: L. antarctica – L. atriceps

Name

Leptusa (Halmaeusa) Kiesenwetter, 1877: 160

• Type species: Halmaeusa antarctica Kiesenwetter, 1877, fixed by monotypy.

Synonymy

• Antarctophytosus Enderlein, 1909 [Synonymised by: Steel, 1964: 366]
  • Type species: Phytosus atriceps Waterhouse, 1875, fixed by monotypy.
• Paraphytosus Cameron, 1917 [Synonymised by: Steel, 1964: 366]
  • Type species: Phytosus atriceps Waterhouse, 1875, fixed by monotypy.
• Austromalota Brèthes, 1925 [Synonymised by: Steel, 1964: 366]
  • Type species: Austromalota rufimixta Brèthes, 1925 [=Phytosus atriceps Waterhouse, 1875], fixed by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Kisenwetter, E.A.H. von. & Kirsch, T. 1877. Die käferfauna der Auckland-inseln nach Herm. Krone's sammlungen beschreiben. Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift 21(1): 153–174. BHL [original description: p. 160]

Additional references

• Brèthes, J. 1925: Un Coléoptère et un Diptère nouveaux de la Georgie du Sud. Comunicaciones del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural "Bernardino Rivadavia", 2: 169–173.
• Cameron, M. 1917: Description of a new genus of Staphylinidae. Entomologist's monthly magazine, 53: 125. Internet Archive BHL
• Enderlein, G. 1909: Die Insekten des Antarktischen Gebietes. pp. 361–528, pls. 40-63 in: Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903. Im Auftrage des Reichsamtes des Innern herausgegeben von Erich von Drygalski, Leiter der Expedition. Vol. 10, Zoologie, Vol. 2. Georg Reimer, Berlin.
• Pace, R. 1989: Monographia del genere Leptusa Kraatz (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). Memorie del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona, 8: 1–307.
• Steel, W.O. 1964: INSECTS OF CAMPBELL ISLAND. COLEOPTERA: STAPHYLINIDAE. Pacific insects monograph, 7 : 340–375. BUGZ
• Steel, W.O. 1970: COLEOPTERA: STAPHYLINIDAE OF SOUTH GEORGIA. Pacific insects monograph, 23: 240–242. PDF
• Waterhouse, C.O. 1875: ON THE COLEOPTERA OF KERGUELEN'S ISLAND. Entomologist's monthly magazine, 12: 54–57. Internet Archive BHL