Strigota obscurata

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: Aleocharinae
Tribus: Athetini
Subtribus: Athetina
Genus: Strigota
Species: Strigota obscurata

Name

Strigota obscurata Klimaszewski & Brunke, 2012: 182

• Type locality: Canada, Ontario, Wellington Co., Eramosa, Wellington Rd. 124 and 29, hedgerow nr. soybean field, 43.61 -80.21.
• Holotype: DEBU, ♂.
• Etymology: The specific name is the Latin word for ‘darkened’. This is in reference to the distinct, overall darker body coloration compared to Strigota ambigua, the only other eastern species of the genus.

Native distribution areas

Canada (NB,ON,QC,SK).

References

Primary references

• Brunke, A.J., Klimaszewski, J., Dorval, J-A., Bourdon, C., Paiero, S.M. & Marshall, S.A. 2012. New species and distributional records of Aleocharinae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from Ontario, Canada, with a checklist of recorded species. ZooKeys 186: 119–206. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.186.2947 .Reference page.  [original description: p. 182]