Mikado

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: Ptiliidae
Subfamilia: Ptiliinae
Tribus: Nanosellini
Genus: Mikado
Synonyms (1): Philagarica

Species (4): M. agilis – M. japonicus – M. parva – M. parvicornis

Name

• Mikado Matthews, 1889
  • Original status: valid genus
  • Gender: masculine
  • Type species: Mikado japonicus Matthews, 1889
    • Fixation: monotypy

References

Primary references

• Matthews, A. 1889. New genera and species of Trichopterygidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6) 3(15): 188–195. DOI: 10.1080/00222938909460317 . BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Hall, W.E. 1999: Generic revision of the tribe Nanosellini (Coleoptera: Ptiliidae: Ptiliinae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 125(1-2): 39–126. JSTOR Reference page.  [see p. 53
• Polilov, A.A.; Beutel, R.G. 2009: Miniaturisation effects in larvae and adults of Mikado sp. (Coleoptera: Ptiliidae), one of the smallest free-living insects. Arthropod structure & development, 38: 247–270.
• Sawada, Y.; Hirowatari, T. 2002: Systematic position of the genus Kuschelidium Johnson (Coleoptera, Ptiliidae), with description of a new species from Japan. Elytra 30(2): 431-438. Full issue (PDF) Reference page.