Tmesiphorus
| Tmesiphorus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Staphyliniformia |
| Family: | Staphylinidae |
| Supertribe: | Pselaphitae |
| Genus: | LeConte, 1849 |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Tmesiphorus is a genus of ant-loving beetles in the family Staphylinidae. There are about eight described species in Tmesiphorus.[1][2][3]
Species
These eight species belong to the genus Tmesiphorus:
- Sintectes carinatus Westwood, 1870
- Tmesiphorus andrewesi Jeannel, 1960
- Tmesiphorus brevipennis Jeannel, 1960
- Tmesiphorus carinatus (Say, 1824)
- Tmesiphorus championi Jeannel, 1960
- Tmesiphorus costalis LeConte, 1849
- Tmesiphorus iyeri Jeannel, 1960
- Tmesiphorus kinomurai Inoue et al., 2019
- Tmesiphorus nitens Jeannel, 1960
- Tmesiphorus okinawensis Inoue et al., 2019
References
- ^ a b "Tmesiphorus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Tmesiphorus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Tmesiphorus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
Further reading
- Frank, J. H.; Ahn, K. J. (2011). "Coastal Staphylinidae (Coleoptera): A worldwide checklist, biogeography and natural history". ZooKeys (107): 1–98. doi:10.3897/zookeys.107.1651. PMC 3392188. PMID 22792029.
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2015). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 2: Hydrophiloidea - Staphylinoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-29685-5.