Megatyphlus

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: Leptotyphlinae
Tribus: Neotyphlini
Genus: Megatyphlus
Species: M. carniolicus – M. curtii – M. uhligi

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Invalid species names: M. nobilis

Name

Megatyphlus Coiffait, 1955: 68

• Type species: Leptotyphlus curtii Breit, 1911, fixed by original designation.

Synonymy

• Glyptotyphlus Scheerpeltz, 1940: 29 [nomen nudum, without species]
• Glyptotyphlus Hölzel, 1944: 67 [attributed to Scheerpeltz; nomen nudum]
  • Type species: Leptotyphlus strupianus Hölzel, 1944, fixed by monotypy.
• Glyptotyphlus Scheerpeltz, 1956: 462 [validation of Glyptotyphlus Scheerpeltz, 1940 by inclusion of species and designation of type species]
  • Type species: Leptotyphlus carniolicus Bernhauer, 1908, fixed by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Coiffait, H. 1955. Diagnoses préliminaires de nouveaux Leptotyphlitae (Col. Staphylinidae). Revue Française d’Entomologie 22(1): 66–72. [original description: p. 68]

Additional references

• Pace, R. 1979. Osservazioni sul genere Megatyphlus Coiffait (Coleoptera Staphylinidae) (XXXIII Contributo alla conoscenza della fauna endogea). Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona 5[1978]: 465–474, 14 figs. Reference page.  [taxomonic history; anatomical notes; key to species: p. 465, 472]