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
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Staphyliniformia
Superfamilia: Staphylinoidea

Familia: Staphylinidae
Subfamilia: Aleocharinae
Tribus: Athetini
Subtribus: Athetina
Genus: Atheta
Subgenus: Microdota
Species: Atheta microelytrata

Name

Holotype: Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Laurentian Forestry Centre, René Martineau Insectarium, Québec City, Quebec, Canada, ♂.
Type locality: Canada, Yukon, Whitehorse, Takhini, hotsprings, 60.8769, -135.3596, 30.IV.2009, 716 m, aspen litter – soil sifting, B. Godin.
Etymology: The specific name derives from the word micro, meaning small, and elytra,in allusion to the small and short elytra of this species.

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