Neopelatops

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: Leiodidae
Subfamilia: Camiarinae
Tribus: Neopelatopini
Genus: Neopelatops
Species (2): N. chillanensis – N. edwardsi

NOTE: 6+ new species are known from Australia (Newton, 1998: 75).

Name

Neopelatops Jeannel, 1936. Type species: Neopelatops edwardsi Jeannel, 1936, by monotypy.

References

• Jeannel, R. 1936: Monographie des Catopidae [Insectes Coleopteres]. Memoires du Museum National Histoire Naturelle (n.s.), 1: 1–438. [1]
• Newton, A.F., jr. 1998: Phylogenetic problems, current classification and generic catalog of world Leiodidae (including Cholevidae). Pp. 41-178 in Giachino, P.M.; Peck, S.B. (eds.) Phylogeny and evolution of subterranean and endogean Cholevidae (=Leiodidae Cholevinae) Proceedings of XX I.C.E. Firenze, 1996. Atti Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino.