Elgonidium

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: Cucujiformia
Superfamilia: Tenebrionoidea

Familia: Anthicidae
Subfamilia: Tomoderinae
Genus: Elgonidium
Species: E. aberdareum – E. bartolozzii – E. elongatum – E. laevigatum – E. leleupi – E. mahnerti – E. mountkenyanum – E. oculatum
Name

Elgonidium Basilewsky 1954

Type species: Elgonidium leleupi Basilewsky, 1954 [original designation].

Etymology: Derives from the name of Mount Elgon.

References

Basilewsky, P. 1954: Un Anthicide subendoge aveugle du Mont Elgon (Col. Anthicidae). Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines, 49: 221-224.

Telnov, D. 2008: Genus Elgonidium Basilewsky, 1954 (Coleoptera: Anthicidae: Tomoderinae) - a preliminary review. Revue suisse de zoologie, 115(3): 433–445. [abstract only seen]