Dolicaonina

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
Genera: Acaratopus – Afracus – Afroscotonomus – Dolicaon – Gnathymenus – Jarrigeus – Laavsnartius – Leptobium – Liparopus – Pinobius – Plathypodema – Platydolicaon – Pseudobolitocharina – Scotonomus – Scotticus – Serrolabis – Stenopholea – Sudanus
Name

Dolicaonina Casey, 1905: 56

Type genus: Dolicaon Laporte, 1835.

Synonymy

Dolicaones Casey, 1905: 56 [original name]
Gnatimenitos Solier, 1849: 326
Type genus: Gnathymenus Solier, 1849.
Leptobii Bordoni, 1980: 170
Type genus: Leptobium Casey, 1905.

References
Primary references

Casey, T.L. 1905. A revision of the American Paederini. Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis 15: 17–248. BHL Reference page. [original name: p. 56]

Additional references

Assing, V. 2013. Two new species and a new record of Dolicaonina from Ecuador (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 45(2): 1541–1547. PDF Reference page.
Herman, L.H. 1981: Revision of the subtribe Dolicaonina of the New World, with discussions of phylogeny and the Old World genera (Staphylinidae, Paederinae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 167: 331–520. PDF