Bolitobius

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: Tachyporinae
Tribus: Mycetoporini
Genus: Bolitobius
Species: B. besucheti – B. castaneus – B. ciceronii – B. cingulatus – B. commodus – B. conjungens – B. emeishanus – B. fenderi – B. insignis – B. kremeri – B. loebli – B. longicornis – B. melanocephalus – B. okamotoi – B. parasetiger – B. princeps – B. schmidti – B. septemseriatus – B. setiger – B. shaanxiensis – B. smetanai – B. wrasei
Name

Bolitobius Leach, 1819: 176

Type species: Megacronus castaneus Stephens, 1832, designated in Schülke, 1999: 982 (Art. 70.3.2).

Synonymy

Bolitoglyphus Gistel, 1834: 9
Type species: Megacronus castaneus Stephens, 1832, designated in Schülke, 1999: 982 (Art. 70.3.2).
Bryocharis Lacordaire, 1835: 502
Type species: Megacronus castaneus Stephens, 1832, designated in Schülke, 1999: 982 (Art. 70.3.2).
Megacronus Stephens, 1829: 22
Type species: Megacronus castaneus Stephens, 1832, designated in Schülke, 1999: 982 (Art. 70.3.2).
Bryocharis (Drymoporoides) Fiori, 1915: 57 [subgenus: nomina dubia]
Type species: Bryocharis melanocephala Fiori, 1915, fixed by monotypy.

References
Primary references

Leach, W.E. 1819. [new genera]. In: Samouelle G.: The entomologist’s useful compendium; or an introduction to the knowledge of British insects comprising the best means of obtaining and preserving them, and a description of the apparatus generally used; together with the genera of Linné, and the modern method of arranging the classes Crustacea, Myriapoda, spiders, mites and insects from their affinities and structure, according to the views of Dr. Leach. Also an explanation of the terms used in entomology: a calendar of the times of appearance, and usual situations of near 3000 species of British insects; with instructions for collecting and fitting up objects for the microscope. London: Thomas Boys, 496 pp. BHL Reference page. [original description: p. 176]

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

The genus was first described by Leach in 1819.[1]

The species of this genus are found in Eurasia and Northern America.[1]

Species:

Bolitobius castaneus
Bolitobius cingulatus
Bolitobius formosus

References

"Bolitobius Leach, 1819". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 18 February 2021.