Myrmechusa

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: 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

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Invalid species names: M. turneri

Name

Myrmechusa Wasman, 1908: 38

• Type species: Myrmechusa mirabilis Wasmann, 1908, fixed by monotypy.

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]