Ctenisis

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Holometabola
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Staphyliniformia
Superfamilia: Staphylinoidea

Familia: Staphylinidae
Subfamilia: Pselaphinae
Supertribus: Pselaphitae
Tribus: Ctenistini
Genus: Ctenisis
Species: C. aequatorialis – C. amazonica – C. angustata – C. dispar – C. fasciculata – C. gracilis – C. nasuta – C. phylanderi – C. raffrayi
Name

Ctenisis Raffray, 1890: 143

Type species: Desimia dispar Sharp, 1887, fixed by subsequent designation in Raffray, 1897: 271.

Ctenisis dispar

References
Primary references

Raffray, A. 1890. Étude sur les psélaphides. V. Tableaux synoptiques. Notes et synonymie. Revue d'entomologie 9: 81–172. BHL [original description: p. 143]

Ctenisis is a genus of ant-loving beetles in the family Staphylinidae. There are at least two described species in Ctenisis.[1][2][3]
Species

These two species belong to the genus Ctenisis:

Ctenisis phylanderi Chandler, 2003
Ctenisis raffrayi Casey, 1894

References

"Ctenisis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
"Ctenisis". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.

"Ctenisis genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.

Further reading

Chandler, Donald S. (2003). Cuccodoro, Giulio; Leschen, Richard A. B. (eds.). "The ant-like litter beetles of Tehama County, California, and their ecological associations (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae)". Memoirs on Entomology, International. 17: 565–616. ISSN 1083-6284.
Frank, J. H.; Ahn, K. J. (2011). "Coastal Staphylinidae (Coleoptera): A worldwide checklist, biogeography and natural history". ZooKeys (107): 1–98. doi:10.3897/zookeys.107.1651. PMC 3392188. PMID 22792029.
Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2015). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 2: Hydrophiloidea - Staphylinoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-29685-5.