Eusphalerini

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: Omaliinae
Tribus: Eusphalerini
Genera: Eusphalerum
Name

Eusphalerini Hatch, 1957: 82

Type genus: Eusphalerum Kraatz, 1857.

Synonymy

Anthobiates Mulsant & Rey, 1880: 290 [original vernacular name unavailable (Art. 11.7.2): subsequently used in latinized form but not generally attributed to Mulsant & Rey (1880)]
Type genus: Anthobium sensu Erichson, 1840 [not Anthobium Leach, 1819; syn. of Eusphalerum Kraatz, 1857]
Anthobiini Portevin, 1929: 450 [based on a misidentified type genus, name treated here as invalid until an application is submitted to the Commission to suppress it for the Principle of Priority (Art. 65.2.1)]
Type genus: Anthobium sensu Erichson, 1840 [not Anthobium Leach, 1819; syn. of Eusphalerum Kraatz, 1857]

References
Primary references

Hatch, M.H. 1957. The beetles of the Pacific Northwest. Part II : Staphyliniformia (with the collaboration of M. W. Sanderson & G. A. Marsh). University of Washington Publications in Biology 16(2): i–ix + 1–384. [new name for Anthobiini: p. 82]

Additional references

I.Löbl & A.Smetana (eds). 2004 Catalogue of Palearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 2: Hydrophiloidea-Staphylinoidea.
Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark ISBN 87-88757-74-9, p. 255