Diplocotidus

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: Bostrichiformia
Superfamilia: Bostrichoidea

Familia: Ptinidae
Subfamilia: Ptininae
Genus: Diplocotidus
Species: D. endrodyi – D. formicola – D. khoisanensis
Name

Diplocotidus Péringuey, 1899
Original status: valid genus [source: Péringuey (1899: 245)]
Gender: masculine
Type species: Diplocotidus formicola Péringuey, 1899, by monotypy [source: Péringuey (1899)]

References

Bell, K.L.; Philips, T.K. 2008: A revision of the South African myrmecophile Diplocotidus (Coleoptera: Ptinidae). African entomology, 16: 33–40. ISSN: 1021-3589 (print) 1021-3589 (online) DOI: 10.4001/1021-3589-16.1.33
Péringuey, L. 1899: Fifth contribution to the South African coleopterous fauna. Description of new species of Coleoptera, chiefly in the collection of the South African Museum. Annals of the South African Museum, 1: 240–326, plates VI-VII. BHL

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