Circocerus

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: Pselaphitae
Tribus: Tyrini
Subtribus: Somatipionina
Genus: Circocerus
Species: C. armipes – C. colombiensis – C. denticulatus – C. hexagonus – C. muelleri – C. perplexus – C. punctatus

Name

Circocerus Motschulsky, 1855: 16

• Type species: Circocerus perplexus Motschulsky, 1855, fixed by monotypy.

Synonymy

• Cercocerus LeConte, 1861: 57 [misspelling of Circocerus]
• [Upoluna Schaufuss, 1886: 283; resurrected as valid genus in Chandler, 2013]
  • Type species: Upoluna flavitarsis Schaufuss, 1886 [= Circocerus batrisioides Motschulsky], fixed by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Motschoulsky, V. de 1855. Voyages; lettre de M. de Motschulsky a M. Ménétriés. Études Entomologiques 4: 8–25. [original description: p. 16]