Lomechusa Gravenhorst, 1806

Chen, Yong-Jie & Zhou, Hong-Zhang, 2007, Taxonomy of the myrmecophilous genus Lomechusa (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae: Lomechusini) from China, Zootaxa 1606, pp. 29-39 : 30-31

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.178798

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6244036

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Lomechusa Gravenhorst, 1806
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Genus Lomechusa Gravenhorst, 1806 View in CoL

Gravenhorst, 1806: 178; Latreille, 1810: 427 (type designation); Erichson, 1839: 202; Kraatz, 1856: 114; Wasmann, 1896: 244; Tottenham, 1939: 224 (synonymy); Blackwelder, 1952: 483 (synonymy); Smetana, 2004: 237 (catalogue); Hlaváċ, 2005: 207 (revision). Type species: Staphylinus emarginatus Paykull, 1789 , subsequently designated by Latreille, 1810: 427.

Synonymy: Atemeles Dillwyn, 1829: 63 ; Westwood, 1838: 48 (type designation); Kraatz, 1856: 112; Thomson, 1860: 243; Wasmann, 1896: 253; Fenyes, 1920: 302. (Type species: Lomechusa paradoxa Gravenhorst, 1806 , subsequently designated by Westwood, 1838: 48)

Atemeles Stephens, 1832: 107 View in CoL ; Ganglbauer, 1895: 109; Reitter, 1909: 41; Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz, 1926: 712; Scheerpeltz, 1934: 1664; Blackwelder, 1952: 67 (listed as synonymic homonym of Atemeles Dillwyn, 1829 View in CoL ); Lohse 1974: 228. (Type species: Atemeles paradoxa Gravenhorst, 1806 ).

Goniodes Stephens, 1829: 260 (nec Nitzsch, 1818); Blackwelder, 1952: 174. (Type species: Goniodes acuminata Stephens, 1829 , by monotypy).

Pterygatemeles Scheerpeltz, 1965: 361 View in CoL ; Hlaváċ, 2005: 207 (synonymy). (Type species: Pterygatemeles malaisei Scheerpeltz, 1965 View in CoL , by monotypy)

Diagnosis. According to Hlaváč (2005), the genus Lomechusa has the following diagnosis: body robust, parallel-sided; antennae more or less robust; lacinia with 2–3 apical or subapical spines; pronotum variable in shape and size, transverse and dull, usually with some depressions and microsculpture on dorsal surface, hypomeron large; elytra with sparse and very fine pubescence, hind corners well defined or absent; bases of pronotum and elytra lacking black erect setae.

Distribution. The genus is distributed throughout the whole Palaearctic and the northern part of the Oriental region.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Staphylinidae

Loc

Lomechusa Gravenhorst, 1806

Chen, Yong-Jie & Zhou, Hong-Zhang 2007
2007
Loc

Pterygatemeles

Hlavac 2005: 207
Scheerpeltz 1965: 361
1965
Loc

Atemeles

Lohse 1974: 228
Blackwelder 1952: 67
Scheerpeltz 1934: 1664
Bernhauer 1926: 712
Reitter 1909: 41
Ganglbauer 1895: 109
Stephens 1832: 107
1832
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Goniodes

Blackwelder 1952: 174
Stephens 1829: 260
1829
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