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: Staphylininae
Tribus: Xantholinini
Genus: Thyreocephalus
Species: Thyreocephalus africanus

Name

Thyreocephalus africanus (Bernhauer, 1913: 230)

  • Type locality: DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO: Ukaika-Mawambi.

Synonymy

  • Eulissus africanus Bernhauer, 1913: 230 [original combination]; Bernhauer & Schubert, 1914: 1310; Tottenham, 1956: 255; Herman, 2001: 3625
    • Thyreocephalus africanus — Janak & Bordoni, 2015: 21

Native distribution areas

Gabon, Cameroon, Rep. Congo, Congo.

References

Primary references

  • Bernhauer, M., 1913: Coleopteren aus Zentralafrika. II. Staphylinidae. Annalen des k. k. Naturhistorischen Hofmuseums 27: 230–233. [original description: p. 230]
  • Janák, J. & Bordoni, A. 2015. Revision of the genus Thyreocephalus and description of Afrus gen. nov. of Africa south of the Sahara (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae). Zootaxa 4038(1): 1–94. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4038.1.1. Preview (PDF) ISBN 978-1-77557-825-3 (paperback); ISBN 978-1-77557-826-0 (Online edition) Reference page.  [comb. nov., material, redescription, distribution: p. 21, figs. 29, 35–39]

Additional references

  • Bordoni, A. 2018. Revision of the Afrotropical Xantholinini (Coleoptera Staphylinidae). Biodiversity journal 2016, 7(4): 389–894. PDF. Reference page.  [material, description, distribution: p. 534]
  • Bordoni, A. 2019 [2017]. New data on the Afrotropical Xantholinini. 5. Three new Notolinopsis from South Africa and new records (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). (293rd contribution to the knowledge of the Staphylinidae). Bollettino del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali di Torino 35(1-2): 129-136. Reference page.  [material (Congo), distribution: p. 130]
  • Herman, L.H. 2001. Catalog of the Staphylinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera). 1758 to the end of the second millennium. VI. Staphylinine group (Part 3). Staphylininae: Staphylinini (Quediina, Staphylinina, Tanygnathinina, Xanthopygina), Xantholinini. Staphylinidae incertae sedis. Fossils, Protactinae†. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 265: 3021–3840. hdl: 2246/5831 Reference page.  [catalog: p. 3625]
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