Protocypus vulpes

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 vulpes

Name

Protocypus vulpes Smetana, 2005: 287

• Type locality: CHINA: Shaanxi, Qin Ling Shan 110.06E, 34.27N Hua Shan Mt. N Valley, 1200-1400 m, 118 km E Xian.
• Holotype: Andreas Pütz private collection, ♂, 18./20.08 1995, leg. A. Pütz.

Synonymy

• Protocypus vulpes Smetana, 2005: 287 [original combination]; Smetana, 2011: 409; Schülke & Smetana, 2015: 1100; He & Zhou, 2017: 479

Native distribution areas

China (Henan, Shaanxi, Shanxi).

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. 275, figs. 8-14]

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.  [distribution: p. 479]