Eccoptolonthus bafutensis

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: Staphylininae
Tribus: Staphylinini
Subtribus: Philonthina
Genus: Eccoptolonthus
Species: Eccoptolonthus bafutensis

Name

Eccoptolonthus bafutensis (Levasseur, 1967: 954)

• Type locality: CAMEROON: Bafut forest, Nʼguemba.
• Holotype: MNHN, ♂, 16.VIII.1965.

Synonymy

• Hesperus bafutensis Levasseur, 1967: 954 [original combination]
  • Pseudohesperus bafutensis — Hromádka, 2010: 500
  • Eccoptolonthus bafutensis — Newton, 2015: 14

References

Primary references

• Levasseur, L. 1967. Nouveaux genres de Staphylinidae (Col.) d’Afrique. Bulletin de l’Institut Fondamental d’Afrique Noire (A) 29: 954–977. [original description: p. 954]
• Hromádka, L. 2010. Revision of the Afrotropical species of the genus Pseudohesperus, with taxonomic notes on other Afrotropical species of the subtribe Philonthina (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 50(2): 495–516. PDF Reference page.  [comb. nov., description, distribution: p. 500, figs. 18–22]
• Newton, A.F. 2015. New nomenclatural and taxonomic acts, and comments: Hydrophilidae; Histeridae; Leiodidae; Staphylinidae, pp. 1–4, 9–15. In: Löbl, I. & D. Löbl (eds.). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 2. Revised and updated edition. Hydrophiloidea–Staphylinoidea. Brill, Leiden & Boston. Vol. 2/1, xiii, 1–900; 2/2, 901–1702. Reference page.  [comb. nov.: p. 14]