Philonthus meges

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: Staphylininae
Tribus: Staphylinini
Subtribus: Philonthina
Genus: Philonthus
Species: Philonthus meges

Name

Philonthus meges Tottenham, 1949: 332

• Type locality: ETHIOPIA: [Abyssinia], Mt. Zik’wala, ca. 2945 m a.s.l.
• Holotype: BMNH, ♂, 22.x.1926, Dr. H. Scott, Brit. Mus. 1927-127.

References

Primary references

• Tottenham, C.E. 1949. Studies in the genus Philonthus Stephens (Coleoptera). Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 100: 291–362. [original description: p. 332]

Additional references

• Hromádka, L. 2010. A revision of the Afrotropical species of the Philonthus arrowianus species group (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Philonthina). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 50(1): 131–144. PDF Reference page.  [redescription, distribution: p. 138, figs. 25–29]