Thoracotusa

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: Termitusini
Subtribus: Termitusina
Genus: Thoracotusa
Species (3): T. alzadae – T. carrissoensis – T. kymrae

Name

Thoracotusa Kistner, 1974: 39

• Type species: Thoracotusa alzadae Kistner, 1974, fixed by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Kistner, D.H. 1974. A taxonomic revision of the termitophilous tribe Termitohospitini. Part III. The subtribe Termitusina with notes on their behavior and the ultrastructure of certain setae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Contributions of the American Entomological Institute 10(4): iii + 63 pp. [original description: p. 39]