Xenopygus

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: Xenopygus
Species: X. analis – X. bicolor – X. confusus – X. cordovensis – X. davidi – X. excellens – X. peruvianus – X. punctatus – X. pycnos

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Invalid species names: X. petilicolis – X. sancticamillus

Name

Xenopygus Bernhauer, 1906: 196

• Type species: Philonthus analis Erichson, 1840, fixed by subsequent designation by Blackwelder, 1943: 451.

Synonymy

• Leptodiastemus Bernhauer, 1934: 215 [described as subgenus of Dysanellus] [synonym in Chatzimanolis & Caron, 2016]
  • Type species: Dysanellus (L.) excellens Bernhauer, 1934; fixed by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Bernhauer, M., 1906: Neue Staphyliniden aus Südamerika. Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift 1906: 193–202. [original description: p. 196]

Additional references

• Caron, E., de Castro, J.C., Silva, M.R. da & Ribeiro-Costa, C.S. 2016. Phylogeny and revision of a colorful Neotropical genus of rove beetles: Xenopygus Bernhauer (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Zootaxa 4138(1): 59–82. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4138.1.2. Reference page. 
• Chatzimanolis, S. & Caron, E. 2016. New species and synonymies in Xenopygus Bernhauer (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylinini). Zootaxa 4200(1): 131–142. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4200.1.5. Reference page.