Genus is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus.
Pierre André Latreille was a French zoologist, specialising in arthropods. Having trained as a Roman Catholic priest before the French Revolution, Latreille was imprisoned, and only regained his freedom after recognising a rare beetle species he found in the prison, Necrobia ruficollis.
Pipunculidae is a family of flies (Diptera) commonly termed big-headed flies, a reference to the large (holoptic) eyes, which cover nearly the entire head. The family is found worldwide and more than 1300 species have been described.
Erythraeidae is a family of mites belonging to the Trombidiformes. Larval forms of these mites are parasitic on various other arthropods, for example harvestmen, but the adults are free-living predators. These oval mites are rather large, usually reddish coloured and densely hairy. The legs, especially the first and fourth pairs, are long and adapted for running. They have either one or two pairs of eyes and can be distinguished from related families microscopically by the presence of a single claw on the tibia of the palp.
Balaustium is a genus of mites belonging to the family Erythraeidae. These are large red mites with one or two pairs of eyes set well back on the body.
The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) is a taxonomic database that aims to provide an authoritative and comprehensive list of names of marine organisms.
Parasitengona is a group of mites, variously ranked as a hyporder or a cohort, between the taxonomic ranks of order and family.
Pipunculinae is a subfamily of big-headed flies.
The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera (IRMNG) is a taxonomic database which attempts to cover published genus names for all domains of life from 1758 in zoology up to the present, arranged in a single, internally consistent taxonomic hierarchy, for the benefit of Biodiversity Informatics initiatives plus general users of biodiversity (taxonomic) information. In addition to containing over 490,000 published genus name instances as at March 2020, the database holds over 1.7 million species names, although this component of the data is not maintained in as current or complete state as the genus-level holdings. IRMNG can be queried online for access to the latest version of the dataset and is also made available as periodic snapshots or data dumps for import/upload into other systems as desired.
Tomicus is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Curculionidae.
Evacanthus is a genus of leafhoppers belonging to the family Cicadellidae.
Miyakella is a genus of shrimps belonging to the family Squillidae. It is a replacement name for Miyakea Manning, 1995 which was pre-occupied.
Bathynellidae is a family of crustaceans belonging to the order Bathynellacea, first described by Karl Grobben in 1905.
Bdella is a genus of mites belonging to the family Bdellidae.
Gagatophorus is a genus of weevils belonging to the family Curculionidae, first described by Henri Jekel in 1865. The decisions for synonymy are based on work by Sigmund Schenkling and G.A.K. Marshall (Pseudamycterus), and Elwood Zimmerman.
Gondwanenneboeus is a genus in the beetle family, Archeocrypticidae, first described in 1984 by Zoltán Kaszab. There is just one species in the genus, Gondwanenneboeus minutissimus. The genus is named for Gondwana Land, and is native to Australia.
Leptus trimaculatus is a species of mite in the Erythraeidae family, first described in 1794 by Pietro Rossi as Trombidium trimaculatus.
Caldicochlea is a genus of freshwater molluscs in the family, Tateidae, endemic to the mound springs of the Great Artesian Basin.
Retithrips is a genus of thrips in the family Thripidae, first described in 1910 by Paul Marchal. These thrips are leaf-feeding.
Paraproto is a genus of marine amphipods in the family, Caprellidae, and was first described in 1903 by Paul Mayer. The type species is Paraproto condylata.
