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Species Cyphea wallisi

Cyphea wallisi - female Agaricomorpha websteri - Cyphea wallisi - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Staphyliniformia)
Superfamily Staphylinoidea
Family Staphylinidae (Rove Beetles)
Subfamily Aleocharinae
Tribe Homalotini
Subtribe Homalotina
Genus Cyphea
Species wallisi (Cyphea wallisi)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Agaricomorpha vincenti Klimaszewski & Webster, 2016
Explanation of Names
Cyphea wallisi Fenyes, 1921
Remarks
Refered as Cyphea curtula (Erichson) in(1), but was clarified in(2). Cy. curtula is palearctic, and not present in NA.
Works Cited
1.Aleocharine rove beetles of eastern Canada (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae): A glimpse of megadiversity
Klimaszewski, J; R.P. Webster; D.W. Langor; A. Brunke; A. Davies; C. Bourdon; M. Labrecque; A.F. Newton; J. Dorval; J.H. Frank. 2018. Springer.
2.Integrative taxonomy of Nearctic and Palaearctic Aleocharinae: new species, synonymies, and records (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae)
Adam Brunke, Mikko Pentinsaari & Jan Klimaszewski. 2021. Zookeys.