Agacerus

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Staphyliniformia
Superfamilia: Staphylinoidea

Familia: Staphylinidae
Subfamilia: Staphylininae
Tribus: Staphylinini
Subtribus: Philonthina
Genus: Agacerus
Species: A. pectinatus
Name

Agacerus Fauvel, 1895: 245 [nom. nov.]

Type species: Agacerus pectinatus Fauvel, 1895, fixed by autotypy.

Synonymy

Eurycerus Fauvel, 1895: 244 [preoccupied genus name, not Eurycerus Illiger, 1807 (Endomychidae), Eurycerus Dejean, 1833 (Lycidae), Eurycerus Kaup, 1844 (Aves); used for generic description, replaced for species description on following page (both Aug 1895)]
Dorcophilonthus Hayashi, 2000: 15
Type species: Dorcophilonthus clavicornis Hayashi, 2000, fixed by original designation.

References
Primary references

Fauvel, A. 1895. Staphylinides nouveaux de l’Inde et de la Malaisie. Revue d’Entomologie 14(6–7): 180–220, (8–9): 221–286. BHL [nom. nov.: p. 245]