Thoracotusa

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: Staphylinidae
Subfamilia: Aleocharinae
Tribus: Termitusini
Subtribus: Termitusina
Genus: Thoracotusa
Species (3): T. alzadae – T. carrissoensis – T. kymrae
Name

Thoracotusa Kistner, 1974: 39

Type species: Thoracotusa alzadae Kistner, 1974, fixed by original designation.

References
Primary references

Kistner, D.H. 1974. A taxonomic revision of the termitophilous tribe Termitohospitini. Part III. The subtribe Termitusina with notes on their behavior and the ultrastructure of certain setae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Contributions of the American Entomological Institute 10(4): iii + 63 pp. [original description: p. 39]