Giraffaenictus

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: Aleocharinae
Tribus: Aenictoteratini
Genus: Giraffaenictus
Species: G. eguchii
Name

Giraffaenictus Maruyama, 2008: 51

Type species: Giraffaenictus eguchii Maruyama, 2008, fixed by original designation.

References
Primary references

Maruyama, M. 2008. Giraffaenictus eguchii (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae), a new genus and species of fully myrmecoid myrmecophile from a colony of Aenictus binghami (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Aenictinae) in Vietnam. Esakia 48: 51–56. PDF Reference page. [original description: p. 51]