Phytotelmatrichis

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: Acrotrichinae
Tribus: Acrotrichini
Genus: Phytotelmatrichis
Species (2): P. osopaddington – P. peruviensis
Name

Phytotelmatrichis Darby & Chaboo, 2016

Type species: Phytotelmatrichis peruviensis Darby & Chaboo, 2015

References

Darby, M. & Chaboo, C.S. 2015. Phytotelmatrichis, a new genus of Acrotrichinae (Coleoptera: Ptiliidae) associated with the phytotelmata of Zingiberales plants in Peru. Zootaxa 4052(1): 96–106. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4052.1.4 Preview (PDF). Reference page.
Darby, M. 2016. Studies of Peruvian Ptiliidae (Coleoptera) 3: the genus Discheramocephalus Johnson including six new species, and validation of the unavailable generic name Phytotelmatrichis Darby and Chaboo. Zootaxa 4097(3): 416–425. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4097.3.9. Reference page.