Megarthrus gigas

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 gigas

Name

Megarthrus gigas Fagel, 1957: 29

• Type locality: BURUNDI: Ngozi terr., Samutuku, 2600 m.
• Holotype: MRAC, ♂, 24.ii.1953 (P. Basilewsky).

References

Primary references

• Fagel, G. 1957. Contributions à l’étude de la faune entomologique du Ruanda-Urundi (Mission P. Balilewsky 1953). CXIX. Coleoptera Staphylinidae: Piestinae, Omaliinae, Proteininae, Osoriinae, Oxytelinae. Annales du Musée Royal du Congo belge, Tervuren (ser. in 8°). Sciences Zoologiques 58: 26–72. [original description: p. 29]

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.  [material, description, distribution: p. 672, figs. 2m, 20a-f, 21a-e, 22a-i]