Leptagria scupolai

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: Leptagria
Species: Leptagria scupolai

Name

Leptagria scupolai (Pace, 2011: 48, figs. 10-12)

• Type locality: ECUADOR: Pichincha, Otonga, 2065 m, S 00° 25’ 01.2” W 79°00’14.0”.

• Holotype: MCV, ♂, 21.VII.2006, leg. A. Scupola.

• Etymology: The new species is dedicated to its collector, Antonio Scupola, the Formicidae and Tenebrionidae specialist at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Verona.

Synonymy

• Falagria (Leptagria) scupolai 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. 10-12]