Placusa

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: Aleocharinae
Tribus: Placusini
Genus: Placusa
Subgenera: Calpusa

Species overview: P. acrotonoides – P. acuminata – P. adscita – P. amaniensis – P. amazonica – P. analis – P. andrewesi – P. argentina – P. atrata – P. australiensis – P. basiventris – P. bipenicillata – P. bispina – P. borneensis – P. brasiliensis – P. bruchi – P. brunnea – P. bulbosa – P. cambodgensis – P. cameroni – P. canadensis – P. celebensis – P. chibchana – P. chilensis – P. cingulata – P. comorensis – P. complanata – P. confinis – P. convexa – P. crassidens – P. crassula – P. cribrata – P. curticornis – P. cyanescens – P. depressa – P. despecta – P. difformis – P. evoluta – P. falcifera – P. flohri – P. fratercula – P. funebris – P. furcifera – P. gabonensides – P. gabonensis – P. gomyi – P. graciensis – P. gracilicornis – P. guambina – P. hebridensis – P. heterogaster – P. himalayica – P. iguazuensis – P. incompleta – P. inconspicua – P. infausta – P. insigniventris – P. insularis – P. intermedia – P. kadooriorum – P. kuenai – P. kwamgumiensis – P. lateralis – P. lobata – P. longicornis – P. longipennis – P. longipes – P. longula – P. loretensis – P. luctuosa – P. macrocercorum – P. madecassa – P. madida – P. malaisei – P. malayana – P. malgascia – P. martensi – P. microtanzanica – P. minutides – P. minutidides – P. minutissima – P. monilicornis – P. montium – P. nairobiana – P. nitida – P. notabilis – P. obliquata – P. oblita – P. oligotina – P. oxypodioides – P. papuana – P. peruacuminata – P. peruviana – P. perversa – P. petulans – P. philippina – P. pinearum – P. praepes – P. pseudosuecica – P. pumilio – P. pygmaea – P. quadridens – P. quadripunctata – P. quadrispinosa – P. quinquespinosa – P. recensita – P. robustipes – P. rougemonti – P. ruandensis – P. ruficollis – P. rufoflava – P. rugosa – P. sculpticollis – P. selangorensis – P. sericata – P. setipes – P. sexdentata – P. shimianensis – P. signata – P. simlaensis – P. simplex – P. simulans – P. somala – P. spectabilis – P. spinigera – P. spirae – P. strata – P. subacuminata – P. subnitida – P. subspinigera – P. subtilis – P. suecica – P. sumatrensis – P. superba – P. tachyporoides – P. tacomae – P. tasmanica – P. tenuicornis – P. teres – P. tetradon – P. thai – P. tridens – P. trispinosa – P. trivialis – P. uhligi – P. usambica – P. vaga – P. vilis – P. westerduijni – P. yunnanicola
Name

Placusa Erichson, 1837: 370

Type species: Aleochara pumilio Gravenhorst, 1802, fixed by monotypy.

Synonymy

Pelekoglossa Cameron, 1920: 226
Type species: Pelekoglossa cingulata Cameron, 1920, fixed by monotypy.

References
Primary references

Erichson, W.F. 1837. Die Käfer der Mark Brandenburg. Erster Band, Erste Abtheilung. Berlin: F.H. Morin, viii + 384 pp. BHL Reference page. [original description: p. 370]

Additional references

Gao, J-Y., Ji, B-Z. & Liu, S-W. 2011. A new species of Placusa Erichson (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) from China. Zootaxa, 3094: 43–51. Preview PDF Reference page. [diagnosis, new species]

Placusa is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Staphylinidae.[1]

The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.[1]

Species:[1]

Placusa acrotonoides Cameron, 1925
Placusa acuminata Kraatz, 1859

References

"Placusa Erichson, 1837". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 3 March 2021