Pelioptera alticola

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: Geostibini
Genus: Pelioptera
Species: Pelioptera alticola

Name

Pelioptera alticola Pace, 2012: 1339, figs. 32-34

• Type locality: D. O. Afrika, Kilimandscharo, ca. 2500-3000 m, addome Bismarokhüng oberhalb Marangu, S von Mawensi Hochweiden.

• Holotype: ZMB, ♂, II.1912, leg. Chr. Schröder.

• Etymology: The name of the species means "Inhabitant of the high places".

References

• Pace, R. 2012. New data and new species of Aleocharinae from Tropical Africa in the Natural History Museum of the Humboldt University, Berlin (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). (277th Contribution to the knowledge of Aleocharinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 44(2): 1331–1362. Full article (PDF) Reference page.  [original description: p. 1339, figs. 32-34]