Bolitochara tenuicollis

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: Bolitochara
Species: Bolitochara tenuicollis

Name

Bolitochara tenuicollis Assing, 2014: 46

• Type locality: RUSSIA: W-Caucasus, Adygeja, Guzeripl env., 700 m.
• Holotype: Volker Assing private collection, ♂, 1.VII.1999, leg. PUTCHKOV.
• Etymology: The specific epithet (adjective) is composed of the Latin adjective tenuis (slender, narrow) and an adjective derived from the Latin noun collum (neck). It alludes to the small and slender pronotum.

References

• Assing, V. 2014. On the Bolitochara species of the West Palaearctic region (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde (A) (n.s.) 7: 33–63. Full article (PDF) Reference page.  [original description: p. 46, figs. 17–18, 42–45, 51]