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Diochus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae

Taxonomy
Diochus was named by Erichson (1839). It is extant. It is the type genus of Diochi.

It was assigned to Xantholonini by Erichson (1839); to Diochi by Casey (1906); and to Diochini by Herman (2001), Chatzimanolis and Engel (2011), Reyes‐Hernández et al. (2025).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Diochus Erichson p. 300
1906Diochus Casey p. 430
2001Diochus Herman p. 2443
2011Diochus Chatzimanolis and Engel
2025Diochus Reyes‐Hernández et al. p. 766

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
Athalassocarida
LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
Cercofilata
classInsecta
Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderStaphyliniformia
superfamilyStaphylinoidea
familyStaphylinidae()
subfamilyStaphylininae
tribeDiochini()
genusDiochus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Diochus Erichson 1839
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Diochus balticus Janák 2025
Diochus electrus Chatzimanolis and Engel 2011
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Priabonian or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) D. balticus (241330) D. electrus (124370)