Thoracophorus Explained

Thoracophorus is a genus of unmargined rove beetles in the family Staphylinidae. There are more than 20 described species in Thoracophorus.

Species

These 24 species belong to the genus Thoracophorus:

• Thoracophorus blackburni (Sharp, 1880)
• Thoracophorus brevicristatus (Horn, 1871)
• Thoracophorus brevipenne Sharp, 1880
• Thoracophorus brevipennis (Sharp, 1880)
• Thoracophorus certatus Sharp
• Thoracophorus corticinus Motschulsky, 1837
• Thoracophorus costalis (Erichson, 1840) (furrowed rove beetle)
• Thoracophorus distinguendus
• Thoracophorus elongatus Cameron, 1938
• Thoracophorus exilis (Erichson, 1840)
• Thoracophorus filum Sharp, 1887
• Thoracophorus fletcheri Wendeler, 1927
• Thoracophorus guadalupensis Cameron, 1913
• Thoracophorus hermanii
• Thoracophorus longicollis Motschulsky, 1860
• Thoracophorus palaeobrevicristatus Irmler, 2003
• Thoracophorus perplexus Irmler, 2015
• Thoracophorus proximus Irmler, 1985
• Thoracophorus sculptilis (Erichson, 1840)
• Thoracophorus silvaticus
• Thoracophorus simplex Wendeler, 1930
• Thoracophorus struyvei Irmler, 2015
• Thoracophorus verhaaghi
• Thoracophorus zicsii

Further reading

• Collection Bias and the Importance of Natural History Collections in Sp. Habitat Modeling: Case Study Using Thoracophorus. 2015. Ferro . M. L.. Flick . A. J.. The Coleopterists Bulletin. 69. 3. 415–425. 10.1649/0010-065X-69.3.415. 83675567.
• Catalog of the Staphylinidae (Insecta, Coleoptera) : 1758 to the end of the second millennium. Vol. 3, Oxyteline group. 2001. Herman . Lee H.. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 265. 1067–1806. 10.1206/0003-0090.265.1.3. 2246/5828. free.
• Coastal Staphylinidae (Coleoptera): A worldwide checklist, biogeography and natural history. 2011. Frank . J. H.. Ahn . K. J.. ZooKeys. 107. 1–98. 10.3897/zookeys.107.1651. 3392188. 22792029. free.
• Book: Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 2: Hydrophiloidea - Staphylinoidea. 2015. Lobl . I.. Smetana . A.. Apollo Books. 978-90-04-29685-5.