Orus

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: Paederinae
Tribus: Lathrobiini
Subtribus: Scopaeina
Genus: Orus
Subgenera: Leucorus – Pycnorus

Species overview: O. deceptor – O. dentiger – O. distinctus – O. femoratus – O. ferrugineus – O. fraternus – O. guatemalenus – O. hemilobatus – O. montanus – O. parallelus – O. pinalinus – O. punctatus – O. robustulus – O. rubens – O. shastanus – O. sinuatus
Name

Orus Casey, 1885: 136

Type species: Orus punctatus Casey, 1885, designated in Blackwelder, 1939: 120.

References
Primary references

Casey, T.L. 1885. Contributions to the descriptive and systematic coleopterology of North America. Part II. pp. 125–198. Philadelphia: Collins Printing House. [original description: p. 136]