Smilax (Laporte)

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: Xanthopygina
Genus: Smilax
Species: S. deneinephyto – S. kuntzeni – S. lynchi – S. pilosa

Name

Smilax Laporte de Castelnau, 1835: 116

• Type species: Smilax americanus Laporte de Castelnau, 1835, fixed by monotypy.

Synonymy

• Cordylaspis Nordmann, 1837: 17
  • Type species: Cordylaspis tuberculatus Nordmann, fixed by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Laporte [de Castelnau] F.L.N.C. 1835. Études entomologiques, ou description d'insectes nouveaux, et observations sur leur synonymie. Paris, Méquignon-Marvis, 159 pp. [original description: p. 116]

Additional references

• Chatzimanolis, S. 2016. A revision of the myrmecophilous genus Smilax Laporte (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae). Zootaxa 4162(2): 283–303. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4162.2.5. Reference page.