Metahydnobius

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: Leiodidae
Subfamilia: Leiodinae
Tribus: Sogdini
Genus: Metahydnobius
Species: M. basipunctatus – M. bicolor – M. bimaculatus – M. forticornis – M. hybridiformis
Name

Metahydnobius Portevin, 1942
Synonyms

Metahydnobius Portevin, 1942: 78 [gender: masculine]
Hydnobiotus Jeannel, 1962 [Newton, 1998: 84, 169 (NEW SYNONYMY)]

Type species

Metahydnobius Portevin: Hydnobius forticornis Champion, 1918, by monotypy
Hydnobiotus Jeannel: Hydnobiotus bimaculatus Jeannel, 1962, by original designation

References

Newton, A.F., jr. 1998: Phylogenetic problems, current classification and generic catalog of world Leiodidae (including Cholevidae). Pp. 41-178 in Giachino, P.M.; Peck, S.B. (eds.) Phylogeny and evolution of subterranean and endogean Cholevidae (=Leiodidae Cholevinae) Proceedings of XX I.C.E. Firenze, 1996. Atti Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino.

Links

ION
Nomenclator Zoologicus
PEET Austral Staphylinoidea Database (generic details)
PEET Austral Staphylinoidea Database (list of species)