Macroplectus

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

Familia: Staphylinidae
Subfamilia: Pselaphinae
Supertribus: Euplectitae
Tribus: Trichonychini
Subtribus: Trichonychina
Genus: Macroplectus
Species: M. bifoveata – M. calcaratus – M. cephalotes – M. octofoveatus – M. parallela – M. quadratipennis – M. spinipes – M. tasmanicus

Name

Macroplectus Raffray, 1898: 255

• Type species: Macroplectus calcaratus Raffray, 1898, fixed by subsequent designation in Lucas, 1920: 389.

References

Primary references

• Raffray, A. 1898. Notes sur les psélaphides. Révision générique de la tribu des Euplectini. Descriptions d’espèces nouvelles. Revue d'entomologie 17: 198–273. [original description: p. 255]
• Lucas, R. 1920. Catalogus alphabeticus generum et subgenerum Coleopterorum orbis terrarum totius (famil., trib., subtr., sect. incl.). Pars I. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. Abteilung A (Abteilung A) 84 [1918] (1/5): i–xxxi, 1–696. BHL. [also as separate, 1920, Nicolai, Berlin, same pagin.]. Reference page.  [type designation: p. 389]

Additional references

• Chandler, D.S. 2001. Biology, morphology, and systematics of the ant-like litter beetle genera of Australia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae). Memoirs on entomology, international 15: viii 1–560. Reference page.