Biology:Lomechusini

Short description: Tribe of beetles

Lomechusini
Zyras tsavicola Pace, 2008
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Staphylinidae
Subfamily:	Aleocharinae
Tribe:	Lomechusini Fleming, 1821
Synonyms
Myrmedoniini Thomson, 1867 Zyrasini Bradley, 1930

Lomechusini is a tribe of rove beetles. It is generally small, but includes some fairly large genera such as Zyras.

Subtribes

• Lomechusina
• Myrmedoniina

Genera incertae sedis

• Apalonia
• Bothronotoxenus
• Daccordiusa
• Ecitocala
• Pella
• Platyusa
• Trisporusa

Genera

These 202 genera belong to the tribe Lomechusini:

• Abothrus Pace, 1991
• Acanthastilbus Cameron, 1939
• Aenictocleptis Kistner & Jacobson, 1975
• Aenictonia Wasmann, 1900
• Aenictophila Seevers, 1965
• Aenictozyras Kistner & Jacobson, 1975
• Allardiana Levasseur, 1966
• Allodinarda Wasmann, 1909
• Allodonota Pace, 2009
• Amaurodera Fauvel, 1905 ^{c g}
• Amazoncharis Pace, 1990
• Amblyoponiphilus Oke, 1933
• Anepipleuronia Bernhauer, 1929
• Ankaratraella Pace, 1999
• Anommatochara (Wasmann, 1915)
• Anopsapterus Lecoq, 1988
• Anthropeltodonia Bernhauer, 1937
• Apalonia Casey, 1906 ^{i c g b}
• Apteranillus Fairmaire, 1854
• Apteraphaenops Jeannel, 1907
• Asheidium Santiago-Jiménez, 2010
• Astilbides Wasmann, 1916
• Athexenia Pace, 2000
• Aulacocephalonia (Bernhauer, 1928)
• Borneozyras Pace, 2002
• Bothriocrata Pace, 1993
• Brachypteronia Bernhauer, 1929
• Brachysipalia (Blackwelder, 1952)
• Camerouniella Levasseur, 1967
• Cantaloubeia Levasseur, 1966
• Catarractodes Strand, 1928
• Cephaplakoxena Pace, 1998 ^{c g}
• Conradsia Bernhauer, 1942
• Creodonia (Wasmann, 1915)
• Dabra Olliff, 1886
• Dabrosoma Lea, 1910
• Daccordiusa Pace, 2005
• Degalliera Kistner, 1993
• Delgadoidium Santiago-Jiménez, 2010
• Dentazyras Kistner, 1997
• Deroleptus (Bernhauer, 1915)
• Dinocoryna Casey, 1893 ^{i c g b}
• Dinusella Bernhauer, 1908
• Diplopleurus Bernhauer, 1915 ^{c g}
• Doratoporus Wasmann, 1893
• Dromacamatus Bruch, 1933
• Dromanomma Wasmann, 1916
• Dromeciton Fauvel, 1904
• Drugia Blackwelder, 1952
• Drusilla Leach in Samouelle, 1819 ^{i c g b}
• Drusillota Casey, 1906
• Dysamblys Pace, 1999
• Ecitana Seevers, 1965
• Ecitocala Frank in Frank and Thomas, 1981 ^{i c g}
• Ecitocerus Borgmeier, 1949
• Ecitocryptodes Seevers, 1965
• Ecitocryptus Borgmeier, 1930
• Ecitodiscus Borgmeier, 1949
• Ecitodonia Seevers, 1965
• Ecitoglossa Borgmeier, 1958
• Ecitonia Wasmann, 1894
• Ecitonilla Wasmann, 1894
• Ecitopelta Borgmeier, 1949
• Ecitophila Wasmann, 1890
• Ecitophiletus Borgmeier, 1932
• Ecitophrura Reichensperger, 1939
• Ecitoplectus Borgmeier, 1931
• Ecitopolites Borgmeier, 1949
• Ecitotyphlus Borgmeier, 1949
• Ecitoxenidia Wasmann, 1909 ^{i c g b}
• Eidozyras Pace, 2010
• Euryalusa Pace, 1984
• Eurydiotyphla Pace, 1986
• Eurydonota Pace, 2009
• Falagonia Sharp, 1883
• Falagonilla Reichensperger, 1939
• Gallardoia Bruch, 1924
• Gapia Blackwelder, 1952
• Glossodonota Pace, 2009
• Gramminopleurus Bernhauer, 1942
• Gryptaulacus (Bernhauer, 1937)
• Haplomyrmemonia Pace, 1986
• Havilandoxenus Kistner, 1971
• Heteroporus Cameron, 1939
• Hodotermophilus Naomi & Terayama, 1986
• Homalodonia (Bernhauer, 1936)
• Iheringocantharus Bernhauer, 1912
• Kakodaimonia Bernhauer, 1929
• Katanganella Levasseur, 1966
• Kenyanella Levasseur, 1966
• Kolwezia Levasseur, 1966
• Kompsodonota Pace, 2009
• Labidilla Borgmeier, 1949
• Labidoculex Reichensperger, 1936
• Leleupidiella Jarrige, 1953
• Leptogenonia Maruyama, 2010
• Leptogenopapus Hlaváč & Janda, 2009
• Leptogenoxenus Kistner, 1975
• Limulodilla Kistner, 1970
• Lomechusa Gravenhorst, 1806 ^{c g}
• Lomechusoides Tottenham, 1939 ^{c g}
• Longipedisymbia Kistner, 1970
• Longipedoxenus Kistner, 1970
• Lornechusula Brauns, 1925
• Macrogerodonia (Bernhauer, 1941)
• Madecazyras Scheerpeltz, 1961
• Malaiseium Scheerpeltz, 1965
• Malaybergius Kistner, 1993
• Manausdota Pace, 2008
• Manikaella Levasseur, 1967
• Maschwitzia Kistner, 1989
• Methneria Bernhauer, 1915
• Methnerotherium Bernhauer, 1929
• Microdonia Casey, 1893 ^{i c g b}
• Mimaenictus Kistner & Jacobson, 1975
• Mimoplandria Cameron, 1950
• Monobothrus Pace, 1990
• Myrmechusa Wasmann, 1908
• Myrmechusina Cameron, 1926
• Myrmecopella Kistner & McNairn, 1991
• Myrmecoxenia Lynch, 1884
• Myrmedonota Cameron, 1920 ^{g b}
• Myrmoecia Mulsant & Rey, 1874 ^{i c g b}
• Neocamacopalpus Klimaszewski, 1982
• Neosmectonia Jacobson & Kistner, 1983
• Neowroughtonilla Kistner, 1989
• Newtonidium Santiago-Jiménez, 2010
• Ocyplanus Fauvel, 1899
• Orphnebius Motschulsky, 1858 ^{c g}
• Oxylidia Pace, 1993
• Pachorhopala (Bernhauer, 1915)
• Papuanusa Pace, 2000
• Paramyrmoecia (Scheerpeltz, 1974)
• Paraporus Bernhauer, 1929
• Parastilbus Bernhauer, 1933
• Parawroughtonilla Maruyama, 2010
• Pedinopleurus Cameron, 1939 ^{c g}
• Pella Stephens, 1835 ^{i c g b}
• Peltodonia (Bernhauer, 1936)
• Periergopus Fenyes, 1921
• Pheidologitonetes Cameron, 1939
• Philastilbus Bernhauer, 1929
• Philusina Wasmann, 1893
• Platyastilbus Scheerpeltz, 1965
• Platyusa Casey, 1885 ^{i c g b}
• Plesiadda Pace, 1986
• Porus Westwood, 1840
• Procantonnetia Kistner & Jacobson, 1975
• Propinquitas Last, 1977
• Pseudastilbus Cameron, 1950
• Pseudodinusa Bernhauer, 1912
• Pseudodrusilla Bernhauer, 1933
• Pseudofalagonia Santiago-Jiménez, 2010
• Pseudopachorhopala Levasseur, 1966
• Pseudoporus Wasmann, 1893
• Pseudothamiaraea Cameron, 1923
• Quarternio Last, 1963
• Rhopalybia Cameron, 1937
• Rhoptrodinarda Brauns, 1914
• Salutoporus Last, 1977
• Scotodonia Wasmann, 1894
• Serikodonota Pace, 2009
• Sharpidium Santiago-Jiménez, 2010
• Smectonia Patrizi, 1948
• Stenocyplanus Jacobson & Kistner, 1983
• Stenopleurus Kistner, 1997
• Steysborgia Kistner & Jacobson, 1975
• Stichodonia (Bernhauer, 1928)
• Strabocephalium Bernhauer, 1911
• Sumatrilla Pace, 2010
• Synthoracastilbus Scheerpeltz, 1957
• Termitognathus Borgmeier, 1959
• Termitonusa Borgmeier, 1950
• Termitophagus Silvestri, 1946
• Termitosymbia Seevers, 1957
• Termitozyras Seevers, 1957
• Termophidoholus Naomi & Hirono, 1996 ^{c g}
• Terrecorvonia Last, 1962
• Tetrabothrus Bernhauer, 1915 ^{c g}
• Tetradonella Jacobson & Kistner, 1998
• Tetradonia Wasmann, 1894 ^{i c g b}
• Tetralophodes Bernhauer, 1922
• Thayeridium Santiago-Jiménez, 2010
• Thlibopleurus Bernhauer, 1915
• Thoracastilbus Scheerpeltz, 1957
• Togpelenys Kistner, 1989
• Trachydonia (Bernhauer, 1928)
• Trachyota Casey, 1906 ^{i c g}
• Trichodonia Wasmann, 1916
• Trisporusa Pace, 2005
• Tropiochara Bernhauer, 1937
• Turcizyras Maruyama, 2006
• Typhlonusa Borgmeier, 1958
• Typhlozyras Jeannel, 1960
• Vertexprorogatio Kistner, 2004
• Wasmannina Mann, 1925
• Weissflogia Kistner, 1997
• Witteia Maruyama & von Beeren, 2010
• Wroughtonilla Wasmann, 1899
• Xenodusa Wasmann, 1894 ^{i c g b}
• Xesturida Casey, 1906 ^{i c g b}
• Zyras Stephens, 1835 ^{i c g b}
• Zyratheta Pace, 2010

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

Further reading

• Elven, Hallvard; Bachmann, Lutz; Gusarov, Vladimir I. (2012). "Molecular phylogeny of the Athetini–Lomechusini–Ecitocharini clade of aleocharine rove beetles (Insecta)". Zoologica Scripta 41 (6): 617–636. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2012.00553.x. PMID 23316099. 

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