Leptinus

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Staphyliniformia
Superfamilia: Staphylinoidea

Familia:Leiodidae
Subfamilia: Platypsyllinae
Genus: Leptinus
Species: L. americanus – L. caucasicus – L. illyricus – L. occidentamericanus – L. orientamericanus – L. pyrenaeus – L. seriatus – L. testaceus – L. vaulogeri
Name

Leptinus Mueller, 1817
Gender

masculine
Type species

Leptinus testaceus Mueller, 1817, by monotypy

References

Besuchet, C. 1980: Revision des Leptinus palearctiques (Coleoptera: Leptinidae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 87(1): 131–142.
Peck, S.B. 1982: A review of the ectoparasite Leptinus beetles of North America (Coleoptera: Leptinidae). Canadian journal of zoology, 60: 1517–1527. DOI: 10.1139/z82-201

Links

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Nomenclator Zoologicus

Leptinus is a genus of mammal-nest beetles in the family Leiodidae, sometimes referred to as "mouse nest beetles".[1] There are at least 3 described species in Leptinus.[2][3]
Species

Leptinus americanus LeConte, 1866
Leptinus occidentamericanus Peck, 1982
Leptinus orientamericanus Peck, 1982

References

BugGuide
"Leptinus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 1 February 2018.

"Leptinus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 1 February 2018.

Majka C, Langor D (2008). "The Leiodidae (Coleoptera) of Atlantic Canada: new records, faunal composition, and zoogeography". ZooKeys 2: 357–402.
Peck, Stewart B. / Arnett, Ross H. Jr. and Michael C. Thomas, eds. (2001). "Family 19. Leiodidae Fleming, 1821". American Beetles, vol. 1: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia, 250–258.

Further reading

Arnett, R.H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.