Nellosana

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: Ptiliidae
Subfamilia: Ptiliinae
Tribus: Nanosellini
Genus: Nellosana
Species (4): N. elegantula – N. grandis – N. intermedia – N. minima
Name

Nellosana Johnson, 1982
Original status: valid genus
Type species: Nellosana grandis Johnson, 1982
Fixation: original designation [see p. 340]
ZooBank: FD1508B2-5315-46BB-BDF6-A8C7BB00AAAB

References
Primary references

Johnson, C. 1982. An introduction to the Ptiliidae (Coleoptera) of New Zealand. New Zealand journal of zoology 9(3): 333–376. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1982.10423865 Google books. Reference page. [first availability, see p. 338]

Additional references

Grebennikov, V.V.; Leschen, R.A.B. 2010: External exoskeletal cavities in beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) and their possible mycangial functions. Entomological science 13(1): 81–98. DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8298.2009.00351.x full article (PDF) Reference page.
Hall, W.E. 1999: Generic revision of the tribe Nanosellini (Coleoptera: Ptiliidae: Ptiliinae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 125(1-2): 39–126. JSTOR Reference page. [see p. 62]