Emus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Staphyliniformia
Superfamilia: Staphylinoidea

Familia: Staphylinidae
Subfamilia: Staphylininae
Tribus: Staphylinini
Subtribus: Staphylinina
Genus: Emus
Species: E. aeneicollis – E. hirtus
Name

Emus Leach, 1819: 172

Type species: Staphylinus hirtus Linnaeus, 1758, fixed by original designation.

Synonymy

Emys Agassiz, 1846: 137 [unjustified emendation of Emus]
Creatophilus Gistel, 1856: 388 [without description]
Type species: Staphylinus hirtus Linnaeus, 1758, fixed by monotypy.

References
Primary references

Leach, W.E. 1819. [new genera]. In: Samouelle G.: The entomologist’s useful compendium; or an introduction to the knowledge of British insects comprising the best means of obtaining and preserving them, and a description of the apparatus generally used; together with the genera of Linné, and the modern method of arranging the classes Crustacea, Myriapoda, spiders, mites and insects from their affinities and structure, according to the views of Dr. Leach. Also an explanation of the terms used in entomology: a calendar of the times of appearance, and usual situations of near 3000 species of British insects; with instructions for collecting and fitting up objects for the microscope. London: Thomas Boys, 496 pp. BHL Reference page. [original description: p. 172]

Emus is a genus of rove beetles with long, matted yellow, black, and grey hairs on the pronotum and parts of the abdomen.[3]

There are four known species within this genus:

Emus aeneicollis
Emus figulus
Emus hirtus
Emus soropegus

References

Samouelle, George. "The entomologist's useful compendium, or An introduction to the knowledge of British insects : comprising the best means of obtaining and preserving them, and a description of the apparatus generally used; together with the genera of Linné, and the modern method of arranging the classes Crustacea, Myriapoda, Spiders, Mites and Insects, from their affinities and structure, according to the views of Dr. Leach ; also an explanation of the terms used in entomology; calendar of the times of appearance and usual situations of near 3,000 species of British insects ; with instructions for collecting and fitting up objects for the microscope ; illustrated with twelve plates". Printed for Thomas Boys, No. 7, Ludgate Hall. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
"Emus Leach, 1819". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
Ferreira, Raul Nascimento (2018). "New records and distributional data on the subtribe Staphylinina (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) from Portugal" (PDF). Fragmenta Faunistica. 61 (2): 89–97. doi:10.3161/00159301FF2018.61.2.089. Retrieved 11 September 2021.