Tarphiota

Tarphiota
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Staphyliniformia
Family:	Staphylinidae
Tribe:	Athetini
Genus:	Tarphiota Casey, 1893

Tarphiota is a genus in the family of beetles known as Staphylinidae. There are at least three described species in Tarphiota. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} Members of this genus are found on seashores, in association with decaying seaweed. ^[5]

Species

These three species belong to the genus Tarphiota:

• Tarphiota densa (Moore, 1978) ^{i c g}
• Tarphiota fucicola (Mäklin in Mannerheim, 1852) ^{i c g b}
• Tarphiota geniculata (Mäklin in Mannerheim, 1852) ^{i c g b}

Data sources: i = ITIS, ^[1] c = Catalogue of Life, ^[2] g = GBIF, ^[3] b = Bugguide.net ^[4]

References

1. "Tarphiota Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
2. "Browse Tarphiota". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
3. "Tarphiota". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
4. "Tarphiota Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
5. Klimaszewski, Jan; Majka, Christopher G.; Langor, David (March 2006). "Review of the North American Tarphiota Casey, with a description of a new seashore-inhabiting Atheta species exhibiting convergent characteristics (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae)". Entomological Science. 9 (1): 67–78. doi:10.1111/j.1479-8298.2006.00155.x.

Further reading

• Ahn, Kee-Jeong (1996). "Revision of the intertidal aleocharine genus Tarphiota (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)". Entomological News. 107 (4): 177–185. ISSN   0013-872X.
• 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.