Brachysipalia elgon

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: Lomechusini
Subtribus: Myrmedoniina
Genus: Brachysipalia
Species: Brachysipalia elgon

Name

Brachysipalia elgon Hlaváč, Newton & Maruyama, 2011: 26 [nom. nov.]

• Type locality: KENYA: Mt. Elgon, 2700 m, Nat. Park.
• Holotype: MHNG, ♂, 15.XI.1974 Mahnert & Perret leg.

Synonymy

• Brachysipalia elgonensis Pace 1995: 838 [preoccupied, not Troposipalia (Brachysipalia) elgonensis Bernhauer, 1940]

Native distribution areas

Kenya, Uganda.

References

Primary references

• Hlaváč, P., Newton, A.F. & Maruyama, M. 2011. World catalogue of the species of the tribe Lomechusini (Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Zootaxa 3075: 1–151. Abstract Reference page.  [nom. nov.: p. 26]
• Pace, R. 1995. Aleocharinae della Sottoregione Africana Orientale al Museo di Ginevra (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) Parte II. (126° Contributo alla conoscenza delle Aleocharinae.) [Aleocharinae from the Eastern African Subregion in the Geneva Museum (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). Part II.] Revue suisse de zoologie 102(3): 779–846, 249 figs. BHLReference page.  [original description: p. 838, figs. 226-229]