Speleochus

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: Pselaphinae
Supertribus: Goniaceritae
Tribus: Bythinini
Subtribus: Machaeritina
Genus: Speleochus
Species: S. blanchardensis – S. croceus – S. eurous – S. ferus – S. macosar – S. steevesi – S. stygicus – S. synstygicus

Name

Speleochus Park, 1951: 46

• Type species: Machaerites stygicus Park, 1951, fixed by original designation.

Synonymy

• Subterrochus Park, 1960: 91 [new synonym in Carlton, 2012]
  • Type species: Machaerites ferus Park, 1951, fixed by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Park, O. 1951. Cavernicolous pselaphid beetles of Alabama and Tennessee, with observations on the taxonomy of the family. Geological Survey of Alabama Museum Paper 31: 1–107. [original description: p. 46]
• Carlton, C.E. 2012. First records of troglobitic beetles from Arkansas: two new species of Speleochus Park (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae: Bythinini), and synonymy of Subterrochus Park with Speleochus. The Coleopterists Bulletin 66(3): 177–186. DOI: 10.1649/072.066.0301 Reference page.  [syn. nov.]