Thyreocephalus ferox

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 ferox

Name

Thyreocephalus ferox (Harold, 1881: 262)

• Type locality: “East Africa”.

Synonymy

• Xantholinus ferox Harold, 1881: 262 [original combination]
  • Eulissus methneri — Bernhauer, 1937: 610
  • Thyreocephalus ferox — Janak, 2010: 146
• Eulissus methneri Bernhauer, 1937: 610
  • Thyreocephalus methneri — Janak, 2010: 146 [new synonym in Janak, 2010: 146]

References

Primary references

• Harold, E. von. 1881. Beschreibungen neuer, auf seiner, von der Akademie unterstützten reise in ostafrika, vorzüglich in den District von Taita und Ukamba auf einer Tour von Mombassa nach dem Kenya, von Hrn. J. M. Hildebrandt gesammelter Coleopteren. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussische Akademie des Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1880: 260–270. [original description: p. 262]
• Janák, J. 2010. On the genus Thyreocephalus from Africa south of Sahara with description of four new species (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Xantholinini). Studies and Reports (Taxonomical Series) 6(1–2): 129–147. PDF Reference page.  [comb. nov., syn. nov., lectotype, material: p. 146, figs. 26-28, 32-34]

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. 523, figs. 1698, 1699]
• 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. 3627]