Ptilium

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: Ptiliinae
Tribus: Ptiliini
Genus: Ptilium
Synonyms (): Epitomella – Micrus

Species (25 + 1†): P. affine – P. austinianum – P. caesum – P. cognatum – P. cordatum – P. curticolle – P. fissicolle – P. franciscanum – P. fulvescens – P. fungicola – P. horioni – P. hornianum – P. humile – P. hyatti – P. latum – P. modestum – P. myrmecophilum – P. schuleri – P. scrutandum – P. shastanum – P. solidum – P. sulcatum – P. tenue – P. timidum – P. vexans – †P. tertiarium

Check (1): P. flavidulum
Name

Ptilium Gyllenhal, 1827
Authority for placement: objective (type genus)

References

Melville, R.V. 1984: Opinion 1277. Ptilium Gyllenhal, 1827 and Ptenidium Erichson, 1845 (Insecta, Coleoptera): conserved. Bulletin of zoological nomenclature 41(4): 212–214. BHL Reference page.