Micranops brachycerus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Staphylinoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Amorphea
Cladus: Obazoa
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Cladus: Filozoa
Cladus: Choanozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Superphylum: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Mandibulata
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Holometabola
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Staphyliniformia
Superfamilia: Staphylinoidea

Familia: Staphylinidae
Subfamilia: Paederinae
Tribus: Lathrobiini
Subtribus: Scopaeina
Genus: Micranops
Species: Micranops brachycerus

Name

Micranops brachycerus (Fauvel, 1900: 70)

  • Type locality: Democratic Republic of the Congo: Kinshasa.
  • Lectotype: RBINS, ♂, Coll. et det. A. Fauvel; [lectotype designated in Frisch, 2025].

Synonymy

  • Scopaeus brachycerus Fauvel, 1900: 70 [org. comb.]
    • Geoscopaeus brachycerus (Fauvel); Fagel 1973: 21–23
    • Micranops brachycerus (Fauvel); Frisch & Herman 2014: 69

Native distribution areas

Democratic Republic of the Congo.

References

Primary references

  • Fauvel, A. 1900. Staphylinides nouveaux de Kinchassa (Congo). Revue d’Entomologie 19: 66–74. BHL [original description: p. 70]

Additional references

  • Frisch, J. 2025. Micranops Cameron, 1913 in the Old World. New species, redescriptions, and new records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Megataxa 017(2): 500–562. DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.17.2.5 Open access. Reference page.  [records, lectotype, redescription, distribution: p. 537, figs. 98–100]