Taxonavigation

Familia: Ptiliidae
Subfamilia: Ptiliinae
Tribus: Discheramocephalini
Genus: Discheramocephalus
Species (15): D. angustus – D. bisulcatus – D. brucei – D. capac – D. elisabethae – D. inretitus – D. interfusus – D. jarmilae – D. malalae – D. mikaeli – D. minutissimus – D. parvus – D. semisulcatus – D. stewarti – D. vasilii

Name

• Discheramocephalus Johnson, 2007
  • Authority for placement: objective (type genus)
  • Gender: masculine
  • Original status: valid genus
  • Type species: Discheramocephalus semisulcatus Johnson, 2007
    • Fixation: original designation [see p. 224] [and monotypy]
  • ZooBank: EC08D201-D93D-44BF-A638-E8B1F613A6AA

Primary references

• Johnson, C. 2007: Studies on Ptiliidae (Col.) from the Solomon Islands, 1. Entomologist's monthly magazine 143: 213–226. Reference page.  [first availability, see p. 223]

References

• Darby, M. 2016. Studies of Peruvian Ptiliidae (Coleoptera) 3: the genus Discheramocephalus Johnson including six new species, and validation of the unavailable generic name Phytotelmatrichis Darby and Chaboo. Zootaxa 4097(3): 416–425. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4097.3.9 . Reference page. 

• Grebennikov, V.V. 2008: How small you can go: factors limiting body miniaturization in winged insects with a review of the pantropical genus Discheramocephalus and description of six new species of the smallest beetles (Pterygota: Coleoptera: Ptiliidae). European journal of entomology 105(2): 313–328. abstract and full article (PDF) Reference page.