Plochionocerus

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: Plochionocerus
Species: P. ashei – P. discedens – P. fulgens – P. gracilis – P. hermani – P. humeralis – P. igneus – P. impressipennis – P. janthinus – P. marquezi – P. modestus – P. newtonorum – P. pronotalis – P. puncticeps – P. reticularis – P. simplicicollis – P. splendens – P. transversalis
Name

Plochionocerus Dejean, 1833: 64

Type species: Staphylinus violaceus Olivier, 1795, fixed by monotypy.

Synonymy

Callictenus Dejean, 1833: 59 [nomen nudum, no description, no available species included]
Type species: Callictenus episcopalis Dejean, 1833, fixed by monotypy.
Sterculia Laporte de Castelnau, 1835: 118
Type species: Staphylinus violaceus Olivier, 1795, fixed by original designation.
Araeocnemus Nordmann, 1837: 163
Type species: Staphylinus fulgens Fabricius, 1792, designated in Duponchel & Chevrolat, 1842: 64.
Plociocerus Agassiz, 1846: 299 [unjustified emendation of Plochionocerus Dejean]
Type species: Staphylinus violaceus Olivier, 1795, fixed by autotypy.
Callictenus Chevrolat, 1848: 24 [synonym of Sterculia; attributed to Dejean; unavailable].
Callistenus — Eichelbaum, 1915: 107 [attributed to Dejean, 1833 ("nomen nudum"); misspelling of Callictenus Dejean 1837; as nomen nudum].

References
Primary references

Dejean, P.F.M.A. 1833. Catalogue des Coléoptères de la collection de M. le Comte Dejean. Deuxième édition. [Livraison 1 (pp. 1–96), Livraison 2 (pp. 97–176)]. Paris: Méquignon-Marvis Père et Fils. [pp. 177–256, Livraison 3 was published in 1834; pp. 257–360, Livraison 4 in 1835; pp. 361–442, Livraison 5 in 1836]. BHL. Reference page. [in list, no description: p. 64]

Additional references

Asiain, J.; Márquez, J.; Morrone, J.J. 2007: Phylogenetic systematics of the genera Plochionocerus Dejean and Agrodes Nordmann (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Xantholinini). Zootaxa 1584: 1–53. Abstract & excerpt Reference page.