Leptusa antarctica

Taxonavigation

Leptusa antarctica (female), length about 5 mm

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: Homalotini
Subtribus: Bolitocharina
Genus: Leptusa
Subgenus: Halmaeusa
Species: Leptusa antarctica

Name

Leptusa (Halmaeusa) antarctica (Kiesenwetter, 1877)

• Type locality: NEW ZEALAND:Auckland Islands.

Synonymy

• Halmaeusa antarctica Kiesenwetter, 1877 [original combination]
• Antarctophytosus macquariensis Womersley, 1937 [Synonymised by: Steel, 1964: 367]
• Halmaeusa nesiotes Steel, 1964 [Synonymised by: Pace, 1989]
• Halmaeusa sparsepunctata Steel, 1964: 371 [Synonymised by: Pace, 1989]

References

Primary references

• Kisenwetter, E.A.H. von. & Kirsch, T. 1877. Die käferfauna der Auckland-inseln nach Herm. Krone's sammlungen beschreiben. Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift 21(1): 153–174. BHL [original description]

Additional references

• Greenslade, P. 1990: Appendix 7. Terrestrial invertebrates (excluding parasites and mites) of Macquarie Island. pp. 264–266 in: Selkirk, P.M.; Seppelt, R.D.; Selkirk, D.R. Subantarctic Macquarie Island: environment and biology. Studies in polar research ISBN 0521266335 Google books
• Michaux, B.; Leschen, R.A.B. 2005: East meets west: biogeology of the Campbell Plateau. Biological journal of the Linnean Society, 86: 95–115. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2005.00511.x
• Pace, R. 1989: Monographia del genere Leptusa Kraatz (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). Memorie del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona, 8: 1–307.
• Steel, W.O. 1964. Insects of Campbell Island. Coleoptera: Staphylinidae. Pacific Insects Monograph 7: 340–375. full article on BUGZ Reference page. 
• van Klinken, R.D. & Greenslade, P. 2006. Insecta. In The invertebrates of Macquarie Island. Greenslade, P. (Ed.). Australian Antarctic Division, Kingston, Tasmania. Pp. 18-73 ISBN 1 876934 107 Reference page.  [see p. 31]