Coprostygnus

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: Oxytelinae
Tribus: Coprophilini
Genus: Coprostygnus
Species: C. curvipes – C. optandus – C. picipennis – C. sculptipennis
Name

Coprostygnus Sharp, 1886: 380

Type species: Coprostygnus sculptipennis Sharp, 1886, fixed by monotypy.

References
Primary sources

Sharp, D. 1886. On New Zealand Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Scientific transactions of the Royal Dublin Society (2)3: 351–454, plates XII–XIII. BHL. Internet Archive. Reference page. [first availability, see p. 380]

Additional references

Herman, L.H. 1970: Phylogeny and reclassification of the genera of the rove-beetle subfamily Oxytelinae of the world (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 142: 345–454.