Acylophorus

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: Staphylininae
Tribus: Staphylinini
Subtribus: Acylophorina
Genus: Acylophorus
Subgenera: Indoacylophorus – Neoacylophorus – Palpacylophorus – Paracylophorus

Subgenera promoted to genera: Amacylophorus

Species overview: A. acufer – A. acuminatus – A. aenescens – A. agilis – A. allardi – A. alternans – A. anguliceps – A. angusticeps – A. antennalis – A. asperatus – A. asperipennis – A. bafutensis – A. balchhi – A. beesoni – A. bipunctatus – A. borneensis – A. breviceps – A. bruchi – A. bumbunae – A. capensis – A. caseyi – A. cephalotes – A. charaa – A. chillo – A. chontalenus – A. collarti – A. congener – A. congoensis – A. daai – A. dampfi – A. dankalensis – A. darlingtoni – A. delphinus – A. densipennis – A. densus – A. derougemonti – A. didymus – A. dissimilis – A. fallax – A. femoralis – A. filius – A. flavicollis – A. flavicornis – A. flavipes – A. fordi – A. franckei – A. furcatus – A. gilensis – A. glaberrimus – A. grandis – A. hatuey – A. hayashii – A. honshuensis – A. hova – A. hubrichi – A. hwang – A. immotus – A. indignus – A. insulanus – A. iridescens – A. iridiventris – A. jalapanus – A. janaki – A. javanus – A. kambuiensis – A. khairo – A. kraatzi – A. lecontei – A. leechi – A. lindbergi – A. lomaensis – A. longicornis – A. longistylus – A. lualabaensis – A. luctuosus – A. maculicornis – A. madecassus – A. makhoreae – A. malaisei – A. mareei – A. mauritianus – A. meridioafricanus – A. metallicus – A. methneri – A. mexicanus – A. micans – A. microcephalus – A. microcerus – A. minor – A. minutus – A. montanus – A. muscorum – A. nepa – A. nitens – A. novaguinensis – A. obscurus – A. oculifer – A. okasaensis – A. orientalis – A. pacificus – A. palpalis – A. parviceps – A. persimilis – A. picipes – A. planatus – A. plaumanni – A. princeps – A. pronus – A. proximus – A. puncticeps – A. punctiventris – A. punctulatus – A. pusillus – A. raato – A. richteri – A. rossii – A. rotundicollis – A. ruficeps – A. ruficollis – A. rufipennis – A. salifi – A. sandersoni – A. schmidti – A. schuelkei – A. scutellaris – A. setiger – A. sexualis – A. similis – A. simplex – A. siyo – A. smetanai – A. sogai – A. tibialis – A. trigonocephalus – A. trinitatis – A. tristis – A. tshuapensis – A. uhligi – A. usambarae – A. versicolor – A. wagenschieberi – A. williamsi – A. wrasei – A. zdenae – A. ziloensis

In synonymy: A. hoffeinsorum – A. pratensis
Name

Acylophorus Nordmann, 1837: 127

Type species: Acylophorus ahrensii Nordmann, 1837 [= Staphylinus glaberrimus Herbst, 1784], fixed by subsequent designation by Blackwelder, 1943: 466.

Synonymy

Rhygmacera Motschulsky, 1845: 40
Type species: Rhygmacera nitida Motschulsky, 1845, fixed by monotypy.
Rhegmatocera Agassiz, 1846: 326 [unjustified emendation of Rhygmacera]
Type species: Rhygmacera nitida Motschulsky, 1845, fixed by autotypy.

References
Primary references

Nordmann, A. 1837. Symbolae ad monographiam staphylinorum. Mémoires présentés à l’Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg par divers savans, et lus dans ses assemblées 4: 1–167, Tab. 1–2. [original description: p. 127]

Additional references

Janák, J. 2018. Revision of the genus Acylophorus Nordmann, 1837 from Madagascar and Mascarene Islands (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae: Acylophorina). Zootaxa 4462(2): 151–191. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4462.2.1 Reference page. [key to Afrotropical species groups of Acylophorus: p. 153]
Lott, D.A. 2010: The species of Acylophorus Nordmann (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae) in continental sub-Saharan Africa. Zootaxa, 2402: 1–51. Preview [Afrotropical fauna]
Lott, D.A.† 2012: Further studies of African Acylophorus Nordmann (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae). Zootaxa, 3168: 39–52. Preview
Schillhammer, H. & Brunke, A.J. 2018. Eureka: discovery of male Turgiditarsus Schillhammer reveals its placement in Acylophorina and resolves phylogenetic relationships within the subtribe (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae). Arthropod systematics & phylogeny 76(2): 303–322. PDF Reference page. [sensu n., diagnosis, redefinition, comments: p. 317, figs. 2B,E, 4]

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

The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.[1]

Species:[1]

Acylophorus acufer Lott, 2012
Acylophorus acuminatus Sharp, 1876

References

"Acylophorus Nordmann, 1837". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 10 March 2021.