Taxonavigation

Familia: Ptiliidae
Subfamilia: Cephaloplectinae
Genus: Cephaloplectus
Species: Cephaloplectus trilobitoides
Synonym: Cephaloplectus pusillus

Name

• Cephaloplectus pusillus Mann, 1926
  • Authority for placement: Seevers & Dybas, 1943: 583 ('New synonym') [first reviser action]
  • Gender: changeable (-us, -um, -a)
  • Original genus: Cephaloplectus Sharp, 1883
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated (as 'type') and unique ('Described from a single specimen ...')
    • Descriprion: [adult]
    • Repository: USNM 29058
  • Type host: Eciton sp.
  • Type locality: 'Hamburg Farm, Santa Clara Province, Costa Rica'
  • ZooBank: 4733F449-F3CB-45FC-A957-57E9E5096F7D

Primary references

• Mann, W.M. 1926: New neotropical myrmecophiles. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 16(16): 448–455. BHL Reference page.  [first availability, see p. 453]

• Seevers, C.H.; Dybas, H.S. 1943: A synopsis of the Limulodidae (Coleoptera): a new family proposed for myrmecophiles of the subfamilies Limulodinae (Ptiliidae) and Cephaloplectinae (Staphylinidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 36(3): 546-586. abstract full article at CHLA Reference page.  [first reviser action, see p. 583]