Megarthrus africanus

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: Proteininae
Tribus: Proteinini
Genus: Megarthrus
Species: Megarthrus africanus

Name

Megarthrus africanus Eichelbaum, 1913: 114

• Type locality: TANZANIA: Tanga distr., E Usambara Range, Mt. Bomole, Amani.
• Lectotype: ZMHB, ♂, 11.x.1903 (F. Eichelbaum). [designated by Cuccodoro & Löbl, 1995: 665]

References

Primary references

• Eichelbaum, F. 1913. Verzeichnis der von mir in den Jahren 1903 und 1904 in Deutsch- und British-Ostafrika eingesammelten Staphylinidae. Archiv für Naturgeschichte Jahrgang Abteilung A.3. Heft: 114–168. BHL [original description: p. 114]

Additional references

• Cuccodoro, G. & Löbl, I. 1995. Revision of the Afrotropical rove-beetles of the genus Megarthrus (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Proteininae). Revue suisse de zoologie 102(3): 655–761. BHL Reference page.  [lectotype, material, description, distribution: p. 665, figs. 2f, i, n, 5a-h]