Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Staphylinoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Staphylinidae
Subfamilia: Aleocharinae
Tribus: Homalotini
Subtribus: Gyrophaenina
Genus: Encephalus
Subgenera:
Orphnebioidea
Species overview:
E. aberrans –
E. americanus –
E. angusticollis –
E. appendicis –
E. appendiculatus –
E. chinensis –
E. complicans –
E. daxuemontis –
E. everestensis –
E. fraterna –
E. himalayiensis –
E. latulus –
E. martensi –
E. nepalensis –
E. rosti –
E. schuelkei –
E. sinensis –
E. tibetanus –
E. tuberculiventris –
E. umbonatus –
E. yunnanensis –
E. zealandicus
Invalid species names:
E. torosus
Name
Encephalus Stephens, 1832: 163
- Type species: Encephalus complicans Stephens, 1832, fixed by monotypy.
Synonymy
- Encephalus Stephens, 1829: 21 [attributed to Kirby; nomen nudum, no description, no available species names included]
- Encephalus Westwood, 1833: pl. 69 [attributed to Kirby; synonymic homonym]
References
Primary references
- Stephens, J.F., 1832: Illustrations of British entomology; or, a synopsis of indigenous insects; containing their generic and specific distinctions; with an account of their metamorphoses, times of appearance, localities, food, and economy, as far as practicable. Mandibulata. 5: 240 pp. + pls. 24–26. London: Baldwin and Cradock. [original description: p. 163]
Additional references
- Enushchenko, I.V. 2019. Review of the subtribe Gyrophaenina Kraatz 1856 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae: Homalotini) of Middle Asia, with emphasis on the fauna of Kazakhstan. Zootaxa 4613(2): 379–397. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4613.2.12
Reference page. - Pace, R. 2010. Biodiversita delle Aleocharinae della Cina: Gyrophaenini (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). Beiträge zur entomologie 60(1): 125–193, 129 figs. Abstract Reference page. [new species]