Thiasophila

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: Oxypodini
Subtribus: Dinardina
Genus: Thiasophila
Subgenera: Apatusa

Species overview: T. angulata – T. aynumosir – T. bercionis – T. blanchardi – T. canaliculata – T. inquilina – T. kaszabi – T. laticollis – T. lohsei – T. nipponica – T. parvula – T. pexa – T. pulchricornis – T. rufescens – T. shinanonis – T. szujeckii – T. wickhami – T. wockii
Name

Thiasophila Kraatz, 1856: 69

Type species: Aleochara angulata Erichson, 1837, designated in Jacquelin du Val, 1856: 15.

Synonymy

Thyasophila Fairmaire & Laboulbène, 1856: 461 [attributed to Kraatz]
Type species: Aleochara angulata Erichson, 1837, designated in Fenyes, 1918: 25.
Myrmecodelus Motschulsky, 1858: 239
Type species: Aleochara angulata Erichson, 1837, fixed by monotypy.
Thiasophilomorpha Horion, 1967: 359 [attributed to Scheerpeltz in litt. 1966; characters sufficient to validate genus and species]
Type species: Thiasophilomorpha granulifera Horion, 1967, fixed by monotypy.

References
Primary references

Kraatz, G. 1856 [1858]. Naturgeschichte der Insecten Deutschlands. Erste Abtheilung Coleoptera. Zweiter Band. Lieferung 1 und 2. Berlin: Nicolai, viii + 376 pp BHL [original description: p. 69]

Additional references

Assing, V. 2021k. The first record of the myrmecophilous genus Thiasophila from China (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Acta Musei Moraviae, scientiae biologicae 106(2): 335-341. Full article (PDF). Reference page.
Maruyama, M.; Zerche, L. 2014: Japanese species of the myrmecophilous genus Thiasophila Kraatz, 1856 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae). Esakia, (54): 17–25. Full article (PDF) Reference page.
Zagaja, M.; Staniec, B.; Pietrykowska-Tudruj, E. 2014: The first morphological description of the immature stages of Thiasophila Kraatz, 1856 (Coleoptera; Staphylinidae) inhabiting ant colonies of the Formica rufa group. Zootaxa 3774(4): 301–323. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3774.4.1 Reference page.
Zagaja, M. & Staniec, B. 2015. Thiasophila szujeckii sp. n. (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae)—a cryptic species associated with Formica truncorum in Poland. Zootaxa 3955(3): 417–426. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3955.3.8 Preview (PDF). Reference page.

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

The species of this genus are found in Europe and Northern America.[1]

Species:[1]

Thiasophila angulata (Erichson, 1837)
Thiasophila aynumosir Maruyama & Zerche, 2014

References

"Thiasophila Kraatz, 1856". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 25 February 2021.