Phacophallus

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: Staphylininae
Tribus: Xantholinini
Genus: Phacophallus
Species: P. afrus – P. arabicus – P. bangoranus – P. congoensis – P. elaeis – P. elephantorum – P. erythraeus – P. flavipennis – P. ghanensis – P. insularis – P. japonicus – P. martensi – P. mirus – P. nigerianus – P. omaniticus – P. pallidipennis – P. papuensis – P. parumpunctatus – P. politus – P. povolnyi – P. sahariensis – P. senegalensis – P. sudanensis – P. tricolor – P. trigonocephalus – P. tuniseus – P. uhligi – P. unispinosus – P. wailimae – P. xanthopygus

Invalid species names: P. corcyranus
Name

Phacophallus Coiffait, 1956: 50

Type species: Staphylinus parumpunctatus Gyllenhal, 1827, fixed by original designation and monotypy.

Synonymy

Laptacinus Casey, 1906: 368 [preoccupied genus name; nec Laptacinus Erichson, 1839]

References
Primary references

Coiffait, H. 1956. Les Xantholinitae de France et des régions voisines, (Col. Staphylinidae). Revue Française d’Entomologie, 23(1): 31–75. [original description: p. 50]

Additional references

Bordoni, A. 2007. Palaearctic Xantholinini of the Museum of Zoology in Lund, Sweden, with description of two new species (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). 182° contribution to the knowledge of the Staphylinidae. Zootaxa 1624: 59–68. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.179260 Reference page. [Key to Mediterranean species: p. 60]
Bordoni, A. 2013. Revisione degli Xantholinini della sottoregione polinesiana (Coleoptera Staphylinidae). [218º contributo alla conoscenza degli Staphylinidae]. Memorie della Società entomologica italiana 90(1): 1–58. DOI: 10.4081/memorieSEI.2013.1 Reference page. [description, distribution, key: p. 33]
Bordoni, A. 2018. Revision of the Afrotropical Xantholinini (Coleoptera Staphylinidae). Biodiversity journal 2016, 7(4): 389–894. PDF. Reference page. [description, distribution, key: p. 741, figs. 1241–1301]
Bordoni, A. 2021. A new species of Phacophallus from Oman (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Xantholinini). Giornale Italiano di Entomologia 16(66): 147-148. Reference page.
Phacophallus is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Staphylinidae.[1]

The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.[1]

Species:[1]

Phacophallus afrus Bordoni, 2016
Phacophallus arabicus Coiffait, 1979

References

"Phacophallus Coiffait, 1956". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 3 March 2021.