Dolicaon

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: Paederinae
Tribus: Paederini
Subtribus: Dolicaonina
Genus: Dolicaon
Species: D. andreaei – D. ater – D. brincki – D. capensis – D. hessei – D. lathrobioides – D. nigerrimus – D. orophilus – D. sosia – D. subtilis – D. surdus – D. uniformis
Name

Dolicaon Laporte de Castelnau, 1835: 119

Type species: Dolicaon lathrobioides Laporte de Castelnau, 1835, fixed by monotypy.

Synonymy

Ophiomorphus Dejean, 1833: 64 [nomen nudum, no description, no available species included]
Adelobium Nordmann, 1837: 139
Type species: Adelobium brachypterumNordmann, 1837, fixed by monotypy.
Dolichaon Agassiz, 1846: 128 [unjustified emendation of Dolicaon]
Ophiomorphus Lacordaire, 1854: 91 [attributed to Dejean; unavailable]

References
Primary references

Laporte [de Castelnau] F.L.N.C. 1835. Études entomologiques, ou description d’insectes nouveaux, et observations sur la synonymie; première partie. Carnassiers [livraison 2]. Méquignon-Marvis, Paris, pp. 95–159, pls. 3–4. [original description: p. 119]