Mimosticus

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: Staphylininae
Tribus: Staphylinini
Subtribus: Amblyopinina
Genus: Mimosticus
Species (6): M. aeneipennis – M. latens – M. pseudosharpi – M. sharpi – M. tenuiformis – M. viridipennis

Name

Mimosticus Sharp, 1884: 327

• Type species: Mimosticus viridipennis Sharp, 1884, fixed by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Sharp, D. 1884. Fam. Staphylinidae (in part) [pp. 313–392, pls. 8–9]. In: Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta, Coleoptera. Vol. 1(2). Taylor and Francis, London. BHL [original description: p. 327]

Additional references

• Brunke, A.J. & Solodovnikov, A.Y. 2014. Male secondary sexual characters resolve taxonomic uncertainty: five new species and a review of the formerly monotypic rove beetle genus Mimosticus Sharp (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae). Zootaxa 3893(1): 56–76. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3893.1.2 Reference page.  [diagnosis, redescription, distribution, key: p. 57]