Discheramocephalus

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: Ptiliidae
Subfamilia: Ptiliinae
Tribus: Discheramocephalini
Genus: Discheramocephalus
Species (15): D. angustus – D. bisulcatus – D. brucei – D. capac – D. elisabethae – D. inretitus – D. interfusus – D. jarmilae – D. malalae – D. mikaeli – D. minutissimus – D. parvus – D. semisulcatus – D. stewarti – D. vasilii
Name

Discheramocephalus Johnson, 2007
Authority for placement: objective (type genus)
Gender: masculine
Original status: valid genus
Type species: Discheramocephalus semisulcatus Johnson, 2007
Fixation: original designation [see p. 224] [and monotypy]
ZooBank: EC08D201-D93D-44BF-A638-E8B1F613A6AA

References
Primary references

Johnson, C. 2007. Studies on Ptiliidae (Col.) from the Solomon Islands, 1. Entomologist's monthly magazine 143: 213–226. Reference page. [first availability, see p. 223]

Additional references

Darby, M. 2016. Studies of Peruvian Ptiliidae (Coleoptera) 3: the genus Discheramocephalus Johnson including six new species, and validation of the unavailable generic name Phytotelmatrichis Darby and Chaboo. Zootaxa 4097(3): 416–425. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4097.3.9. Reference page.
Grebennikov, V.V. 2008: How small you can go: factors limiting body miniaturization in winged insects with a review of the pantropical genus Discheramocephalus and description of six new species of the smallest beetles (Pterygota: Coleoptera: Ptiliidae). European journal of entomology 105(2): 313–328. abstract and full article (PDF) Reference page.

Discheramocephalus is a genus of feather-winged beetles, the smallest beetles on earth, first found in Cameroon.[1] It was originally described in 2007 as a monotypic genus (only a single known species).[2] Six additional species were added in 2008, and two were added in 2013.[1][3]
Species

Discheramocephalus bisulcatus Darby, 2013
Discheramocephalus brucei Grebennikov, 2008
Discheramocephalus elisabethae Grebennikov, 2008
Discheramocephalus jarmilae Grebennikov, 2008
Discheramocephalus mikaeli Grebennikov, 2008
Discheramocephalus minutissimus Grebennikov, 2008
Discheramocephalus semisulcatus Johnson, 2007
Discheramocephalus stewarti Grebennikov, 2008
Discheramocephalus vasilii Darby, 2013

References

Grebennikov, Vasily V. "How small you can go: Factors limiting body miniaturization in winged insects with a review of the pantropical genus Discheramocephalus and description of six new species of the smallest beetles (Pterygota: Coleoptera: Ptiliidae)." European Journal of Entomology105.2 (2008): 313.
Johnson, Colin. 2007: Studies on Ptiliidae (Col.) from the Solomon Islands, 1. Entomol. Mon. Mag. 143: 213-226

Darby, Michael (2013-10-04). "Studies of Madagascan Ptiliidae (Coleoptera) 1: The Tribe Discheramocephalini including eighteen new species". Zootaxa. 3718 (3): 239–266. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3718.3.2. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 26258221.