Pelioptera plenitudinis

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 plenitudinis

Name

Pelioptera plenitudinis Pace, 2014: 738, figs. 13, 93

• Type locality: BORNEO: Sabah, Danum Valley, Borneo Rainforest Lodge, Flight interception trap.

• Holotype: Collection Guillaume de Rougemont, London, ♀, 14-16.II.2007, G. de Rougemont leg.

• Etymology: The name of the species means "of the fullness" in reference to the distal bulb of the spermatheca with its enormous apical umbilicus that fills the entire internal space.

References

• Pace, R. 2014. Aleocharinae from Sabah (Borneo) collected by Guillaume de Rougemont (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) Linzer biologische Beiträge 46(1): 727–794. PDF Reference page.  [original description: p. 738, figs. 13, 93]