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Euplectus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae

Taxonomy
Euplectus was named by Leach (1817). It is extant. It is the type genus of Euplectitae.

It was assigned to Pselaphidae by Carpenter (1992); and to Euplectini by Newton and Chandler (1989) and Bouchard et al. (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1817Euplectus Leach pp. 80, 82
1989Euplectus Newton and Chandler p. 68
1992Euplectus Carpenter
2011Euplectus Bouchard et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
RankNameAuthor
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderStaphyliniformia
superfamilyStaphylinoidea
familyStaphylinidae()
subfamilyPselaphinae()
EuplectitaeStreubel 1839
tribeEuplectiniStreubel 1839
genusEuplectus

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. Euplectus Leach 1817
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Euplectus lentiferus Schaufuss 1890
Euplectus mozarti Schaufuss 1890
Euplectus quadrifoveatus Schaufuss 1890
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available