Thyreocephalus africanus

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: Xantholinini
Genus: Thyreocephalus
Species: Thyreocephalus africanus

Name

Thyreocephalus africanus (Bernhauer, 1913: 230)

• Type locality: DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO: Ukaika-Mawambi.

Synonymy

• Eulissus africanus Bernhauer, 1913: 230 [original combination]; Bernhauer & Schubert, 1914: 1310; Tottenham, 1956: 255; Herman, 2001: 3625
  • Thyreocephalus africanus — Janak & Bordoni, 2015: 21

Native distribution areas

Gabon, Cameroon, Rep. Congo, Congo.

References

Primary references

• Bernhauer, M., 1913: Coleopteren aus Zentralafrika. II. Staphylinidae. Annalen des k. k. Naturhistorischen Hofmuseums 27: 230–233. [original description: p. 230]
• Janák, J. & Bordoni, A. 2015. Revision of the genus Thyreocephalus and description of Afrus gen. nov. of Africa south of the Sahara (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae). Zootaxa 4038(1): 1–94. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4038.1.1. Preview (PDF) ISBN 978-1-77557-825-3 (paperback); ISBN 978-1-77557-826-0 (Online edition) Reference page.  [comb. nov., material, redescription, distribution: p. 21, figs. 29, 35–39]

Additional references

• Bordoni, A. 2018. Revision of the Afrotropical Xantholinini (Coleoptera Staphylinidae). Biodiversity journal 2016, 7(4): 389–894. PDF. Reference page.  [material, description, distribution: p. 534]
• Bordoni, A. 2019 [2017]. New data on the Afrotropical Xantholinini. 5. Three new Notolinopsis from South Africa and new records (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). (293^rd contribution to the knowledge of the Staphylinidae). Bollettino del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali di Torino 35(1-2): 129-136. Reference page.  [material (Congo), distribution: p. 130]
• Herman, L.H. 2001. Catalog of the Staphylinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera). 1758 to the end of the second millennium. VI. Staphylinine group (Part 3). Staphylininae: Staphylinini (Quediina, Staphylinina, Tanygnathinina, Xanthopygina), Xantholinini. Staphylinidae incertae sedis. Fossils, Protactinae†. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 265: 3021–3840. hdl: 2246/5831 Reference page.  [catalog: p. 3625]