Vatesus

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: Staphylinidae
Subfamilia: Tachyporinae
Tribus: Vatesini
Genus: Vatesus
Species: V. amapaensis – V. argentinus – V. berghoffae – V. brasiliensis – V. brevicornis – V. cincinnati – V. clypeatus – V. gemellus – V. gigas – V. goeldii – V. goianus – V. gracilis – V. latitans – V. limulus – V. lucidus – V. mexicanus – V. paraguayensis – V. perplexus – V. praedatorius – V. punctipennis – V. rettenmeyeri – V. rufus – V. schneirlai – V. schuppii – V. simulans – V. splendidus – V. trilobita
Name

Vatesus Sharp, 1876: 201

Type species: Vatesus latitans Sharp, 1876, fixed by monotypy.

Synonymy

Xenocephalus Wasmann, 1887: 411 [preoccupied, not Kaup 1858 (Pisces); also Leakey 1965 (Mammalia: Artiodactyla)]
Type species: Xenocephalus clypeatus Wasmann, 1887, fixed by monotypy.
Xenophalus — Wasmann, 1909: 181 [misspelling of Xenocephalus]
Wasmannotherium Bernhauer, 1921: 77 [new name for Xenocephalus Wasmann]

References
Primary references

Sharp, D. 1876. On a new genus and species of the family Staphylinidae. Entomologist's monthly magazine 12: 199–202. [original description: p. 201]