Prosthetops megacephalus

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: Hydraenidae
Subfamilia: Prosthetopinae
Tribus: Prosthetopini
Genus: Prosthetops
Species: Prosthetops megacephalus

Name

• Prosthetops megacephalus

Primary references

• Perkins, P.D. & Balfour-Browne, J. 1994. A contribution to the taxonomy of aquatic and humicolous beetles of the family Hydraenidae in southern Africa. Fieldiana: Zoology 77: 1–159. BHL. Reference page.  [lectotype designation, see p. 32]

References

• Bilton, D.T. 2013: Prosthetops wolfbergensis sp. nov.—a giant amongst the ‘minute moss beetles’, with new data on other members of the genus (Coleoptera, Hydraenidae). Zootaxa 3666(3): 345–357. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3666.3.5 Reference page.