Protocypus latro

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: Staphylinina
Genus: Protocypus
Species: Protocypus latro

Name

Protocypus latro Smetana, 2005: 294

• Type locality: CHINA: China occ. Hubei Dashennongjia massif 31°24—27' 110°17—20'.
• Holotype: Aleš Smetana private collection, ♂, 28.6.-3.7.1995, L. & R. Businsky legit.

Synonymy

• Protocypus latro Smetana, 2005: 294 [original combination]; Schülke & Smetana, 2015: 1100; He & Zhou, 2017: 471

Native distribution areas

China (Hubei).

References

Primary references

• Smetana, A. 2005. Contributions to the knowledge of the "Staphylinus-complex" (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylinini) of China. Part 5. The genus Protocypus J. Müller, 1923. Elytra, Tokyo 33: 269–301. Reference page.  [original description: p. 294, figs. 59-63]

Additional references

• He, L. & Zhou, H-Z. 2017. Taxonomy of the genus Protocypus J. Müller, 1923 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylinini) and two new species from China. Zootaxa 4291(3): 458–480. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4291.3.2. Reference page.  [material, distribution: p. 471, figs. 4-1, 4-2]