Agelosus

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: Staphylinina
Genus: Agelosus
Species: A. auricomus – A. caerulescens – A. carinatus – A. distigma – A. haeckeli – A. longicornis – A. masaoi – A. nigricollis – A. quadrimaculatus – A. raptor – A. schillhammeri – A. sikkimensis – A. unicolor – A. wasmanni – A. weisei

Invalid species names A. brevipennis – A. chinensis – A. fraternus – A. fushunicus – A. ohkurai
Name

Agelosus Sharp, 1889: 110

Type species: Goerius carinatus Sharp, 1874, fixed by monotypy.

Synonymy

Xanthocypus J. Müller, 1925: 40 [as Staphylinus (Xanthocypus)]
Ocypus weisei Harold, 1877, fixed by monotypy.

References
Primary references

Sharp, D. 1889. The Staphylinidae of Japan. Annals and magazine of natural history (6)3: 28–44; 108–121; 249–267; 319–334; 406–419; 463–476. BHL Reference page. [original description: p. 110]

Additional references

Smetana, A. 2018. Review of the genera Agelosus Sharp, 1889, Apostenolinus Bernhauer, 1934 and Apecholinus Bernhauer, 1933 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylinini: Staphylinina). Zootaxa 4471(2): 201–244. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4471.2.1 Reference page.
Smetana, A. & Hu, F.S. 2019. The genera Agelosus Sharp, 1889 and Apecholinus Bernhauer, 1933 in Taiwan (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylinini: Staphylinina). Zootaxa 4638(3): 379–388. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4638.3.4. Paywall Reference page.