Dasycerus

Dasycerus
Dasycerus bicolor
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Staphyliniformia
Family: Staphylinidae
Subfamily: Dasycerinae
Genus:
Brongniart, 1800
Species

19 species, see text

Dasycerus is the only extant genus in the rove beetle subfamily Dasycerinae. It contains 25 currently recognized species, with a new species described as recently as 2022.[1] Even more recently, nine cryptic species have been discovered in 2024, previously presumed to be D. carolinensis. They are only distinguishable through male aedeagal dissection or DNA analysis.[2]

Species

Species are:[3][4]

  • Dasycerus angulicollis Horn, 1882
  • Dasycerus audax Löbl, 1988
  • Dasycerus beloni Pic, 1905
  • Dasycerus bicolor Wheeler, Q. D. & McHugh, 1994
  • Dasycerus carolinensis Horn, 1882
  • Dasycerus chattooga [2]
  • Dasycerus concolor Löbl & Calame, 1996
  • Dasycerus cornutus Löbl, 1977
  • Dasycerus crenatus Motschulsky, 1839
  • Dasycerus egwanulti [2]
  • Dasycerus elongatus Reitter, 1875
  • Dasycerus fasciatus Löbl, 1977
  • Dasycerus gadalutsi [2]
  • Dasycerus inexspectatus Löbl, 1986
  • Dasycerus itseyi [2]
  • Dasycerus japonicus Nakane, 1963
  • Dasycerus jonicus Reitter, 1884
  • Dasycerus monticola Löbl, 1988
  • Dasycerus nikwasi [2]
  • Dasycerus numidicus Pic, 1905
  • Dasycerus occultus Hashizume & Maruyama, 2022
  • Dasycerus pacolet [2]
  • Dasycerus poseidon Hu, Fang-Shuo & Wei-Ren Liang, 2021
  • Dasycerus sulcatus Brongniart, 1800
  • Dasycerus tuckasegee [2]
  • Dasycerus virginiensis [2]
  • Dasycerus unicoi [2]

References

  1. ^ Hashizume, Takuto; Maruyama, Munetoshi (10 August 2022). "Taxonomy and phylogeny of the Japanese species of the genus Dasycerus Brongniart (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Dasycerinae) with description of a new species and notes on D. poseidon Hu & Liang". Zootaxa. 5174 (3): 233–246. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5174.3.2. PMID 36095400. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Caterino, Michael S; Harden, Curt W (1 March 2024). "A review of Appalachian Dasycerus Brongniart and the recognition of cryptic diversity within Dasycerus carolinensis (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Dasycerinae)". Insect Systematics and Diversity. 8 (2). doi:10.1093/isd/ixae009.
  3. ^ "Dasycerus Brongniart, 1800 | COL". www.catalogueoflife.org.
  4. ^ "Dasycerus Brongniart, 1800". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 7 May 2023.