Vellica

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: Omaliinae
Tribus: Anthophagini
Genus: Vellica
Species: V. longipennis

Name

Vellica Casey, 1885: 321

• Type species: Vellica longipennis Casey, 1885, fixed by monotypy.
• Status:   invalid   [synonym of Phlaeopterus; synonym in Mullen, Campbell & Sikes, 2018: 3]

References

Primary references

• Casey, T.L. 1885. New genera and species of Californian Coleoptera. Bulletin of the California Academy of Sciences 1: 283–336. [original description: p. 321]
• Mullen, L.J., Campbell, J.M. & Sikes, D. 2018. Taxonomic Revision of the Rove Beetle Genus Phlaeopterus Motschulsky, 1853 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae: Anthophagini). The Coleopterists Bulletin 72(mo16): 1–54. DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-72.mo4.1 Reference page.  [syn. nov., comb. nov., new species, lectotype designation]