Hyphalus

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: Elateriformia
Superfamilia: Byrrhoidea

Familia: Limnichidae
Subfamilia: Hyphalinae
Genus: Hyphalus
Species (9): H. crowsoni – H. insularis – H. kuscheli – H. madli – H. mascarenensis – H. prolixus – H. shiyuensis – H. taekoae – H. ultimus – H. wisei
Name

Hyphalus Britton, 1971
Authority for placement: objective (type genus)
Original status: valid genus
Type species: Hyphalus insularis Britton, 1971
Fixation: original designation [see p. 90] [and monotypy]

References
Primary references

Britton, E.B. 1971: A new intertidal beetle (Coleoptera: Limnichidae) from the Great Barrier Reef. Journal of entomology (B) 40(2): 83–91. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1971.tb00108.x Reference page.

Additional references

Hernando, C. & Ribera, I. 2020. A new species of Hyphalus BRITTON, 1971 from the Mascarene Islands (Indian Ocean) (Coleoptera: Limnichidae: Hyphalinae). Koleopterologische rundschau 90: 243–252. Full article (PDF) Reference page.
Liu, Z-H., Xie, Q. & Jia, F-L. 2020. Hyphalus shiyuensis sp. nov. from Xisha Islands, China (Coleoptera, Limnichidae, Hyphalinae). ZooKeys, 941: 91–99. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.941.48873 Open access Reference page.