Mecrona

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: Oxypodini
Genus: Mecrona
Species: M. algophila

Name

Mecrona Blackwelder, 1952: 232 [nom. nov.]

• Type species: Calodera algophila Broun, 1886, fixed by autotypy.

Synonymy

• Calonotus Cameron, 1945: 171 [preoccupied, not Calonotus Agassiz 1846 (Lepidoptera), Calonotus Jan, 1863 (Reptilia)]
• Dasydera Cameron, 1948: 731 [new name for Calonotus Cameron; preoccupied, not Dasydera LeConte, 1861 (Glaphyridae)]

References

Primary references

• Blackwelder, R.E. 1952. The generic names of the beetle family Staphylinidae, with an essay on genotypy. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 200: i–iv, 1–483. hdl: 10088/30426. BHL. Reference page.  [nom. nov.: p. 232]
• Cameron, M. 1948 [1947]. New species of Staphylinidae (Col.) from New Zealand. The Annals and magazine of natural history (11)14: 723–731. [nom. nov.: p. 731]
• Cameron, M. 1945. Some observations on the Staphylinidae of the Broun Collection of Coleoptera in the British Museum, with descriptions of new genera and species (continued). The Annals and magazine of natural history (11)12: 158–180. [original description of Calonotus: p. 171]