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: Lomechusini
Subtribus: Myrmedoniina
Genus: Myrmechusa
Species: M. camerounensis – M. csikii – M. feae – M. gabonensis – M. grandis – M. katangensis – M. kivuensis – M. kohli – M. mirabilis – M. selindensis

Invalid species names: M. turneri

Name

Myrmechusa Wasman, 1908: 38

Synonymy

  • Myrmechusa Wasman, 1909: 178 [synonymic homonym]
  • Zyracanthus Cameron, 1952: 455
    • Type species: Zyracanthus turneri Cameron, 1952, fixed by monotypy.

References

Primary references

  • Wasmann, E. 1908. Myrmechusa; eine neue Gattung zwischen Myrmedonia und Lomechusa (165. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Myrmekophilen u. Termitophilen). Annales del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova 44: 38–42. BHL [original description: p. 38]

Additional references

  • Hlavác, P. 2003. A new species of Myrmechusa Wasmann, and catalogue of the species of the Myrmechusa group (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae). Koleopterologische rundschau 73: 137–145. PDF Reference page.  [key to the species of the Myrmechusa feae group: p. 141; annotated catalogue with generic key of the species of the Myrmechusa genus group: p. 142]
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