Myrmechusa mirabilis

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: Lomechusini
Subtribus: Myrmedoniina
Genus: Myrmechusa
Species: Myrmechusa mirabilis

Name

Myrmechusa mirabilis Wasman, 1908: 39

• Type locality: Abessinien, Provinz Schoa im Littoral von Marafia.

Synonymy

• Zyras csikii Bernhauer, 1915: 177 [synonymized by Koblick & Kistner, 1965: 32]
• Zyracanthus turneri Cameron, 1952: 455 [synonymy in Last, 1981: 221]

Native distribution areas

Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania.

References

Primary references

• Wasmann, E., 1908: Myrmechusa; eine neue Gattung zwischen Myrmedonia und Lomechusa (165. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Myrmekophilen u. Termitophilen). Annales del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova, 44: 38–42. BHL [original description: p. 39]

Additional references

• Pace, R. 2014. Contribution à la connaissance de la biodiversité des Aleocharinae de Tanzanie (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Belgian Journal of Entomology 19: 1–53. PDF. Reference page.  [material, distribution: p. 27]
• Pace, R. 2015. Lomechusini del Kenya nel Museo di Storia Naturale dell’Università di Firenze (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). 291° Contributo alla conoscenza delle Aleocharinae. Onychium 11: 76–88. Full article (PDF) Reference page.  [material, distribution: p. 83]
• Pace, R. 2015. Nuovo contributo alla conoscenza della biodiversità delle Aleocharinae della Tanzania (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). 294° Contributo alla conoscenza delle Aleocharinae. Onychium 11: 89–113. Full article (PDF) Reference page.  [material, distribution: p. 97]