Myrmecocephalus ecustrictus

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: Aleocharinae
Tribus: Falagriini
Genus: Myrmecocephalus
Species: Myrmecocephalus ecustrictus

Name

Myrmecocephalus ecustrictus (Pace, 2011: 48, figs. 13-14)

• Type locality: ECUADOR: Pastaza Puyo, nr Santa Clara, 950 m.

• Holotype: MCV, ♀, 18-21.VII.2008, leg. W. Rossi & I. Tapia.

• Etymology: The name of the new species means “Ecuador narrow” in reference to the narrow posterior part of the pronotum.

Synonymy

• Falagria (Myrmecocephalus) ecustricta Pace, 2011

References

• Pace, R. 2011. New and additional records, new genera and new species of Aleocharinae from Venezuela, Ecuador and Peru (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona botanica zoologia 35: 43–70. Full article (PDF) Reference page.  [original description: p. 48, figs. 13-14]