Tmesiphorus

Tmesiphorus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Staphyliniformia
Family:	Staphylinidae
Supertribe:	Pselaphitae
Genus:	Tmesiphorus LeConte, 1849
Synonyms [1]
Sintectes Westwood, 1870

Tmesiphorus is a genus of ant-loving beetles in the family Staphylinidae. There are about eight described species in Tmesiphorus. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Species

These eight species belong to the genus Tmesiphorus:

• Sintectes carinatus Westwood, 1870
• Tmesiphorus andrewesi Jeannel, 1960
• Tmesiphorus brevipennis Jeannel, 1960
• Tmesiphorus carinatus (Say, 1824)
• Tmesiphorus championi Jeannel, 1960
• Tmesiphorus costalis LeConte, 1849
• Tmesiphorus iyeri Jeannel, 1960
• Tmesiphorus kinomurai Inoue et al., 2019
• Tmesiphorus nitens Jeannel, 1960
• Tmesiphorus okinawensis Inoue et al., 2019

References

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

Further reading

• Frank, J. H.; Ahn, K. J. (2011). "Coastal Staphylinidae (Coleoptera): A worldwide checklist, biogeography and natural history". ZooKeys (107): 1–98. 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.