Mecognathus

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: Paederinae
Tribus: Lathrobiini
Subtribus: Astenina
Genus: Astenus
Subgenus: Mecognathus
Species: A. ampliventris – A. chimaera – A. wollastoni

Name

Astenus (Mecognathus) Wollaston, 1854: 595

• Type species: Mecognathus chimaera Wollaston, 1854, fixed by monotypy.

Synonymy

• Mecognathus Wollaston, 1854: 595 [original combination]
• Suniogaster Reitter, 1909: 151
  • Type species: Sunius ampliventris Reitter, 1900.

References

Primary references

• Wollaston T.V. 1854. Insecta Maderensia; being an account of the insects of the islands of the Madeiran group. London: J. van Voorst, xlii + 634 pp, 13 pls. [original description: p. 595]