Acrolocha

Life-forms

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: Omaliinae
Tribus: Omaliini
Genus: Acrolocha
Species: A. amabilis – A. angustior – A. asperata – A. barri – A. caucasica – A. crenulata – A. daccordii – A. diffusa – A. helferi – A. horiguchii – A. kanagawana – A. leechi – A. minuta – A. miyamorii – A. newtoni – A. pliginskii – A. rogeri – A. rugosa – A. striata – A. sulculus – A. wahuiense – A. zhongdianensis
Name

Acrolocha Thomson, 1858: 38

Type species: Omalium striatum Gravenhorst, 1802, fixed by monotypy; ICZN 1993: 164 (Opinion 1722).

Synonymy

Elonium Leach, 1819: 175 [rejected for priority, ICZN 1993: 164 (Opinion 1722)]

References
Primary references

Thomson, C.G. 1858. Försök till uppställning af Sveriges Staphyliner. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 15: 27–40. BHL Reference page. [original description: p. 38]

Additional references

Shavrin, A.V. 2017. New species and records of Omaliini from East Asia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae). Zootaxa 4247(1): 94–100. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4247.1.14. Reference page.
Shavrin, A.V. & Khachikov, E.A. 2019. On some species of the genus Acrolocha Thomson, 1858 of the Western Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae: Omaliini). Zootaxa 4576(2): 347–356. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4576.2.8 Paywall Reference page.
Zhong, M.; Zhao, M.-J.; Li, L.-Z. 2009: Discovery of the genus Acrolocha Thomson (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Omalinae) of China with description of a new species. Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift 56(2): 295-297. DOI: 10.1002/mmnd.200900026 Reference page.

Acrolocha is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Staphylinidae.[1]

The genus was described in 1858 by Carl Gustaf Thomson.[1]

he species of this genus are found in Eurasia and Northern America.[2]

Species:

Acrolocha minuta (Olivier & A.G., 1795)[2]
Acrolocha sulcula (Stephens, 1834)[2]

References
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