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.