Pseudastenus

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: Paederinae
Tribus: Lathrobiini
Subtribus: Echiasterina
Genus: Pseudastenus
Species: P. amazonicus – P. barretoi – P. ferrugineus – P. latus – P. oculatus – P. plaumanni – P. ribeirocostae – P. schubarti

Name

Pseudastenus Bernhauer, 1933: 520

• Type species: Pseudastenus barretoi Max Bernhauer, 1933, fixed by original designation.

Synonymy

• Xenaster Bierig, 1939 (preoccupied by Xenaster Simonwitsch, 1871)
• Xenasterides Newton, 2017: 17 [replacement name for Xenaster Bierig, 1939; synonymized by Busanello, Irmler & Caron, 2020: 140]
  • Type species: Xenaster plaumanni Bierig, 1939, fixed by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Bernhauer, M. 1933. Neue Staphyliniden aus Argentinien (Col.). Revista de Entomologia 3(3): 326–334 [September 25], 517–524. [original description: p. 520]
• Cardoso Busanello, D.G., Irmler, U. & Caron, E. 2020. Revision of Pseudastenus Bernhauer, synonym with Xenasterides Newton and six new species (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae). Zootaxa 4755(1): 139–154. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4755.1.6. Reference page.  [syn. nov., key]
• Newton, A.F. 2017. Nomenclatural and taxonomic changes in Staphyliniformia (Coleoptera). Insecta mundi (0595): 1–52. Full article (PDF) Reference page.  [nom. nov.: p. 17]