Xenodusa

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Supergroup: 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: Lomechusini
Subtribus: Lomechusina
Genus: Xenodusa
Species: X. angusta – X. australis – X. caseyi – X. cava – X. reflexa – X. sharpi

Invalid species names: X. lobata – X. major – X. montana – X. probata
Name

Xenodusa Wasmann, 1894: 205

Type species: Lomechusa cava LeConte, 1863, fixed by subsequent designation by Fenyes, 1918: 26.

Synonymy

Xenodusa Wasmann, 1894: 205 [original name]; Wasmann, 1897 [revision, key]; Feynes, 1920: 305 [redescription, catalogue, distribution]; Hoebeke, 1976: 116 [revision, redescriptions, biology, key]; Seevers, 1978: 155 [discussion of the status, key to species]
Xenodusa (Pseudolomechusa) Mann, 1914: 174 [synonymy in Hoebeke, 1976: 117]
Type species: Xenodusa sharpi Wasmann, fixed by original designation.

References
Primary references

Wasmann, E. 1894. Kritisches Verzeichniss der myrmekophilen und termitophilen Arthropoden. Mit Angabe der Lebensweise und mit Beschreibung neuer Arten. Berlin: F.L. Dames, xiii + [2] + 231 pp. [original description: p. 205]

Xenodusa is a genus of rove beetles in the family Staphylinidae. There are about five described species in Xenodusa.[1][2][3][4][5]
Xenodusa reflexa

Species

These five species belong to the genus Xenodusa:

Xenodusa angusta (Fall, 1901) i c g
Xenodusa caseyi Wasmann, 1897 i c g
Xenodusa cava (LeConte, 1863) i c g b
Xenodusa reflexa (Walker, 1866) i c g b
Xenodusa sharpi Wasmann, 1896 i c g

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]
References

"Xenodusa Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
"Browse Xenodusa". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
"Xenodusa". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
"Xenodusa Genus: Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-30.

Pace, Roberto (2015). "Introduzione alla conoscenza della sottofamiglia Aleocharinae nella Guyana Francese: Part V.(Coleoptera, Staphylinidae)". Contributions to Entomology. 65 (1): 131–156. doi:10.21248/contrib.entomol.65.1.131-156.

Further reading

Hoebeke, E. Richard (1973). A Revision of the genus Xenodusa (Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) for North America (M.S.). Michigan State University.
Elven, Hallvard; Bachmann, Lutz; Gusarov, Vladimir I. (2012). "Molecular phylogeny of the Athetini–Lomechusini–Ecitocharini clade of aleocharine rove beetles (Insecta)". Zoologica Scripta. 41 (6): 617–636. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2012.00553.x. PMC 3532658. PMID 23316099.
Seevers, Charles H. (1978). "A generic and tribal revision of the North American Aleocharinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)". Fieldiana, Zoology. 71. ISSN 0015-0754.
Frank, J. H.; Ahn, K. J. (2011). "Coastal Staphylinidae (Coleoptera): A worldwide checklist, biogeography and natural history". ZooKeys (107): 1–98. doi:10.3897/zookeys.107.1651. PMC 3392188. PMID 22792029.
Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2015). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 2: Hydrophiloidea - Staphylinoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-29685-5.