Pontomalota

Pontomalota
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Staphyliniformia
Family:	Staphylinidae
Tribe:	Athetini
Genus:	Pontomalota Casey, 1885

Pontomalota is a genus of "sea shore genera" in the beetle family Staphylinidae. There are at least two described species in Pontomalota. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Species

These two species belong to the genus Pontomalota:

• Pontomalota opaca (LeConte, 1863)
• Pontomalota terminalia Ahn & Ashe, 1992

References

1. "Pontomalota Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
2. "Pontomalota". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
3. "Pontomalota genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.

Further reading

• Ahn, Kee-Jeong; Ashe, James S. (1992). "Revision of the intertidal aleocharine genus Pontamolota Casey (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) with a discussion of its phylogenetic relationships". Insect Systematics & Evolution. 23 (3): 347–359. doi:10.1163/187631292x00155.
• Elven, Hallvard; Bachmann, Lutz; Gusarov, Vladimir I. (2012). "Molecular phylogeny of the Athetini–Lomechusini–Ecitocharini clade of aleocharine rove beetles (Insecta)". Zoologica Scripta. 41 (6): 617–636. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2012.00553.x. PMC   3532658 . PMID   23316099.
• Seevers, Charles H. (1978). "A generic and tribal revision of the North American Aleocharinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)". Fieldiana, Zoology. 71. ISSN   0015-0754.
• Frank, J. H.; Ahn, K. J. (2011). "Coastal Staphylinidae (Coleoptera): A worldwide checklist, biogeography and natural history". ZooKeys (107): 1–98. Bibcode:2011ZooK..107....1A. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.107.1651 . PMC   3392188 . PMID   22792029.
• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2015). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 2: Hydrophiloidea - Staphylinoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN   978-90-04-29685-5.