Awas

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: Goniaceritae
Tribus: Arnylliini
Genus: Awas
Species: A. gigas – A. giraffa – A. helii – A. kayan – A. loebli – A. rajah – A. shunichii – A. sinicus

Name

Awas Löbl, 1994: 686

Type species: Awas giraffa Löbl, 1994, fixed by original designation.

References

Primary references

Löbl, I. 1994. Awas giraffa gen.n., sp.n. (Coleoptera, Pselaphidae) from Malaysia and the classification of Goniacerinae. Revue suisse de zoologie 101: 685–697. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.part.79924 [original description: p. 686]

Additional references

Nomura S. 1995. Description of a new species of the genus Awas (Coleoptera, Pselaphidae) from Taiwan. Special Bulletin of the Japanese Society of Coleopterology 4: 359–363.
Nomura S., Idris A.G. 2005. Faunistic notes on the pselaphine species of the supertribes Goniaceritae, Pselaphitae and Clavigeritae from Malaysia and Singapore (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae). Serangga, 10: 1–36.
Sugaya H., Nomura S. 2003. Additional records of Awas shunichii (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae), with notes on its habitat in Taiwan. Elytra, 31: 183–186.
Yin, Z-W. 2017. New species and records of Awas Löbl (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae) from China, with notes on the biology of the genus. Zootaxa 4338(2): 354–360. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4338.2.9. Reference page.
Yin, Z-W., Li, L-Z. & Zhao, M-J. 2010. Discovery of the rare genus Awas in mainland China with description of a new species (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae: Goniaceritae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 50(2): 477–482. PDF Reference page. [Revised key to the species of the genus Awas Löbl, 1994: p. 481]
Yin, Z-W. & Li, L-Z. 2012. Two new species of the genus Awas from Central and East China (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 52(1): 161–171. PDF Reference page. [Key to males of Awas: p. 170]
Yin, Z-W., Shen, J-W. & Li, L-Z. 2015. A remarkable new Awas Löbl from southern China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae). Zookeys 522: 153-158. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.522.6109 Full article Reference page.