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: Pseudobessobia
Species: Atheta scurratheca

Name

Atheta (Pseudobessobia) scurratheca Pace, 2011: 57

  • Type locality: VENEZUELA: Rancho Grande Estacion, 1200 m, Edo. Aragua.
  • Holotype: Temporarily in my collection, Monteforte d’Alpone, Verona, Italy, ♀, 24.IV.1999, sobre flor de Asplundia caputmedusae, leg. H. Escalona.
  • Etymology: The name of the species means “Spermatheca of a buffoon or clown”, from the Latin scurra = buffoon and spermatheca, alluding to the similarity of the distal bulb of the spermatheca with the head of a circus clown with a ping-pong ball nose.

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