Coptophysa

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: Aleocharinae
Tribus: Termitohospitini
Subtribus: Hetairotermitina
Genus: Coptophysa
Species: C. obesa
Name

Coptophysa Roisin & Pasteels, 1990: 179

Type species: Coptophysa obesa Roisin & Pasteels, 1990, fixed by original designation.

References
Primary references

Roisin, Y. & Pasteels, J.M. 1990. Coptophysa and Coptophysella, two new genera of physogastric termitophilous staphylinids associated with Coptotermes in Papua New Guinea (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, entomologie 60: 179–184. PDF Reference page. [original description: p. 179]