Opithes

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: Paederinae
Tribus: Paederini
Subtribus: Cryptobiina
Genus: Opithes
Species: O. bergonzoi – O. bugnioni – O. crandalli – O. fauvelii – O. raphidioides – O. stilicoides – O. velitaris – O. versatilis

Name

Opithes Blackwelder, 1952: 277 [nom. nov.]

• Type species: Ophites versatilis Erichson, 1840, fixed by autotypy.

Synonymy

• Ophites Erichson 1839: 2 [without species; preoccupied genus name, not Ophites Wagler, 1830 (Reptilia)]
  • Type species: Ophites versatilis Erichson, 1840, fixed by subsequent designation by Duponchel, 1841: 57.

References

Primary references

• Blackwelder, R.E. 1952. The generic names of the beetle family Staphylinidae, with an essay on genotypy. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 200: i–iv, 1–483. hdl: 10088/30426 . BHL. Reference page.  [nom. nov.: p. 277]