Ctenopteryx (Flach)

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: Ptiliidae
Subfamilia: Acrotrichinae
Tribus: Acrotrichini
Genus: Acrotrichis
Subgenus: Ctenopteryx
Species: A. confusa – A. discoloroides – A. dissona – A. grandicollis – A. minuta – A. sanctaehelenae –

Name

• Ctenopteryx Flach, 1889
  • Type species: Trichopteryx grandicollis Mannerheim, 1844
    • Fixation: subsequent designation by Johnson, 1969: 227 ('by present designation')

References

Primary references

• Flach 1889: Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 39, Abh., 517.
• Johnson, C. 1969. The genus Acrotrichis Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Ptiliidae) in the Ethiopian Region (Studies on Ethiopian Ptiliidae, No 2). Revue de zoologie et de botanique africaines 79(3–4): 213–260, plates I–VII. Reference page.  [type species fixation, see p. 227]

Additional references

• Biström, O. & Silfverberg, H. 1979. The type species of the European genera of Ptiliidae (Coleoptera). Annales Entomologici Fennici 45(1): 12–15. Google books (snippet view) Reference page. 
• Sörensson, M. 2007. A revised checklist of Swedish featherwing beetles with eight new national species records (Coleoptera, Ptiliidae). Entomologisk tidskrift 128(4): 185–202. Reference page.