Euplectini

Belongs within: Euplectitae.
Contains: Euplectopsis, Asymoplectus, Bibloplectus, Euplectus, Pycnoplectus, Thesiastes, Eurhexius.

The Euplectini are a group of pselaphine beetles with a triangular to elongate head and relatively small genae; the prosternum is not excavate and the pronotum usually bears an arcuate or biarcuate antebasal sulcus (Newton et al. 2001).

<==EuplectiniR03
    |--Mitrametopus [Mitrametopina]NT01
    |--Trisignis Park & Schuster 1955 [Trisignina]NT01
    |    |--T. helferi Park & Schuster 1955NT01
    |    `--T. marshi Park & Schuster 1955NT01
    |--BibloplectinaNT01
    |    |--BibloplectusNT01
    |    `--Trigonoplectus Bowman 1934NT01
    |         |--T. minutus Bowman 1934NT01
    |         `--T. rostratus Bowman 1934NT01
    |--RhinoscepsinaNT01
    |    |--Morius Casey 1893NT01
    |    |    `--M. occidens Casey 1893R05
    |    `--Rhinoscepsis LeConte 1878NT01 [=RhinosceptisR03]
    |         |--R. (Rhinoscepsis) bistriatus LeConte 1878NT01
    |         |--R. gracilis [=Panaphantus gracilis]R03
    |         |--R. militaris [=Panaphantus militaris]R03
    |         `--R. pubescens Raffray 1898R03
    |--PanaphantinaNT01
    |    |--Panaphantus Kiesenwetter 1858R03
    |    |    `--P. atomus Kiesenwetter 1858R03
    |    `--Thesium Casey 1884 non L. 1753 (ICBN) [incl. Apothinus Sharp 1887]NT01
    |         |--‘Apothinus’ brevicollis Raffray 1898R03
    |         |--T. cavifrons (LeConte 1863)NT01 [=Euplectus cavifronsR03, Apothinus cavifronsR03]
    |         |--‘Apothinus’ clavatus Raffray 1898R03
    |         |--‘Apothinus’ impressifronsR03
    |         |--‘Apothinus’ insignis Raffray 1898R03
    |         |--T. laticolle Casey 1884 [=Apothinus laticollis]R03
    |         |--‘Apothinus’ obscurusR03
    |         `--‘Apothinus’ sharpi Raffray 1898R03
    |--BibloporinaNT01
    |    |--Abdiunguis Park & Wagner 1962NT01
    |    |    `--A. fenderi Park & Wagner 1962NT01
    |    |--Hatchia Park & Wagner 1962NT01
    |    |    `--H. carinata Park & Wagner 1962NT01
    |    |--Eutyphlus LeConte 1880 [incl. Nicotheus Casey 1884, Planityphlus Park 1956]NT01
    |    |    |--E. prominensR03
    |    |    |--E. schmitti Raffray 1903R03
    |    |    `--E. similis Leconte 1880 [incl. Nicothaeus tibialis Casey 1884]R03
    |    `--Bibloporus Thomson 1859 [incl. Faliscus Casey 1884]NT01
    |         |--B. abeillei Guilleb. 1888R03
    |         |--B. bicanalis (Casey 1884) [=Faliscus bicanalis]R03
    |         |--B. bicolor [=Euplectus bicolor; incl. B. fennicus Maeklin 1845, B. glabriusculus]R03
    |         |--B. chamboveti Guilleb. 1888R03
    |         |--B. mayeti Guilleb. 1888R03
    |         |--B. pyrenaeus Guilleb. 1888R03
    |         |--B. reyi Guilleb. 1888R03
    |         `--B. variicolor Reitter 1881R03
    |--EuplectinaW75
    |    |--EuplectusW75
    |    |--PycnoplectusW75
    |    |--Euplecterga Park & Wagner 1962 [=Euplecturga (l. c.)]NT01
    |    |--Pseudactium Casey 1908 [incl. Racemia Newton & Chandler 1989]NT01
    |    |--ThesiastesNT01
    |    |--Leptoplectus Casey 1908W75
    |    |    `--*L. pertenuis (Casey 1884)W75 (see below for synonymy)
    |    |--Acolonia Casey 1893W75, R03
    |    |    `--*A. cavicollis (LeConte 1878) [=Euplectus cavicollis]W75
    |    |--Bontomtes Grigarick & Schuster 1980NT01
    |    |    `--B. ripariae Grickark & Schuster 1980NT01
    |    |--Foveoscapha Park & Wagner 1962NT01
    |    |    `--F. terracola Park & Wagner 1962NT01
    |    |--Tetrascapha Schuster & Marsh 1957NT01
    |    |    `--T. dentataNT01
    |    |--Saxet Grigarick & Schuster 1980NT01
    |    |    `--S. decoraNT01
    |    |--Trimioplectus Brendel 1890NT01
    |    |    |--T. australisNT01
    |    |    `--T. obsoletus Brendel 1890R03
    |    `--Ramecia Casey 1893 [incl. Liniolis Grigarick & Schuster 1980]NT01
    |         |--R. arcuata [=Euplectus arcuatus]R03
    |         |--R. capitula (Casey 1884)NT01 [=Euplectus capitulumR03]
    |         |--R. crinita (Brendel 1865)NT01 [=Euplectus crinitusR03]
    |         |--E. decora (Casey 1884) [=Euplectus decorus]R03
    |         |--R. dentiventris Casey 1893R03
    |         `--R. discreta Casey 1893R03
    `--Trichonychina [Trichonychini, Trichonyni]NT01
         |--Adalmus velutinus Reitter 1885R03
         |--EurhexiusR03
         |--Aporhexius Raffray 1903R03
         |    `--*A. pubescens Raffray 1903R03
         |--Rhexinia Raffray 1890R03
         |    `--R. angulata Raffray 1890R03
         |--Xherius Raffray 1890R03
         |    `--X. cordicollis Raffray 1890R03
         |--Faronoma Raffray 1894R03
         |    `--F. cavangula [=Rybaxis cavangula]R03
         |--Mitracephala Raffray 1890R03
         |    `--M. longipennis Raffray 1890R03
         |--Anarmodius Raffray 1890R03
         |    |--A. bifoveatus Raffray 1891R03
         |    `--A. gibbus [=Trichonyx gibbus]R03
         |--Phtegnomus Raffray 1890R03
         |    |--P. inermis Wasmann 1894R03
         |    |--P. naso Wasmann 1894R03
         |    `--P. oberthueri Raffray 1890R03
         |--Trichonyx Chaudoir 1845R03
         |    |--T. georgicus Motschulsky 1845R03
         |    |--T. sulcicollis (Reichenbach 1816)NT01 [incl. T. dresdensisR03]
         |    `--T. talyschensis Reitter 1881R03
         |--Dalmina Raffray 1887R03
         |    |--D. concolor Raffray 1897R03
         |    |--D. elegans Raffray 1897R03
         |    |--D. elizabethana Raffray 1897R03
         |    |--D. globulicornis Raffray 1887R03
         |    |--D. gratitudinis Raffray 1897R03
         |    `--D. irregularis Raffray 1897R03
         |--Amauronyx Reitter 1881R03
         |    |--A. abeillei Guilleb. 1893R03
         |    |--A. barnevillei (Saulcy 1863) [=Trichonyx barnevillei]R03
         |    |--A. brevipennis Saulcy 1870R03
         |    |--A. ephratae [=A. euphratae (l. c.)]R05
         |    |--A. kraatziR03
         |    |--A. lapidicola Raffray 1873R03
         |    `--A. maerkeli Aubé 1844 [incl. A. sulcicollis]R03
         `--Mesoplatus Raffray 1890R03
              |--M. barbatus (King 1863) [=Batrisus barbatus]R03
              |--M. cribricollis Raffray 1903R03
              |--M. edwardsi (King 1865) [=Batrisus edwardsi]R03
              |--M. longicollis Raffray 1900R03
              |--M. mastersi Raffray 1900R03
              |--M. nitidus Raffray 1900R03
              `--M. tuberculatus Raffray 1900R03

Euplectini incertae sedis:
  Phthartomicrus externusR03
  Intempus punctatissimus Reitter 1885R03
  Acotreba simoni Reitter 1893R03
  Aphiliops aubei Reitter 1881R03
  EuplectopsisR03
  AsymoplectusR03
  Pseudoterus Raffray 1893R03
    `--P. crassicornis Raffray 1893R03
  Placodium Broun 1893 nec Hill 1773 (ICBN) nec Wigg. 1780 (ICBN) nec (Ach.) DC. 1805 (ICBN)R03
    `--P. zenarthrum Broun 1893R03
  Autoplectus Raffray 1883R03
    `--A. torticornis Raffray 1883R03
  Ranavala Raffray 1898R03
    `--R. integricollis (Raffray 1887) [=Autoplectus integricollis]R03
  Mirellus Raffray 1894R03
    `--M. sulcicollis Raffray 1894R03
  Saulcyella Reitter 1901R03
    `--S. schmidti (Maerkel 1844) [=Euplectus schmidti; incl. S. lativentris Chaudoir 1845]R03
  Dalmoplectus Raffray 1890R03
    `--D. batrisoides (Reitter 1882) [=Dalmodes batrisoides]R03
  Neodalmus Raffray 1890R03
    `--N. carinatus Raffray 1890R03
  Euplectodina Raffray 1898R03
    `--E. hipposideros (Schaufuss 1877) [=Euplectus hipposideros]R03
  Pseudotrimium Raffray 1898R03
    `--P. microcephalum Raffray 1898R03
  Trimiodina Raffray 1898R03
    `--T. concolor (Sharp 1887) [=Trimium concolor]R03
  Limoniates Raffray 1898R03
    `--L. australis Raffray 1898R03
  Aloxomidus Raffray 1903R03
    `--A. variolosus Raffray 1903R03
  Actionoma Raffray 1898R03
    `--A. obesum Raffray 1898R03
  Omotimus Raffray 1903R03
    `-*O. sulcifrons (Raffray 1901) [=Trimiodytes sulcifrons]R03
  Trimiosella Raffray 1898R03
    `--T. anguina (Reitter 1883) [=Trimiopsis anguina]R03
  Trimiomorphus Raffray 1890R03
    `--T. elongatus Raffray 1890R03
  Amudrocerus Raffray 1894R03
    `--A. grandiceps Raffray 1894R03
  Prodalma Raffray 1897R03
    `--P. capensis Raffray 1897R03
  Stenoplectus Raffray 1898R03
    `--S. sternalis Raffray 1898R03
  Adrogaster Raffray 1890R03
    `--A. longipennis Raffray 1890R03
  Diarrogus Raffray 1903R03
    `--D. pubescens Raffray 1903R03
  Capnites Raffray 1898 non (DC.) Dumort. 1827 (ICBN)R03
    `--C. augustus Raffray 1898R03
  Methorius Raffray 1903R03
    `--*M. bicolor (Raffray 1901) [=Periplectus bicolor]R03
  Gabata Raffray 1898R03
    `--G. semipunctata Raffray 1898R03
  Scotoplectus Reitter 1879R03
    `--S. capellae Reitter 1879R03
  Meliceria Raffray 1898R03
    `--M. acanthifera (Reitter 1884) [=Euplectus acanthifer]R03
  Sampsa Raffray 1898R03
    `--S. longipennis Raffray 1898R03
  Glastus Raffray 1898R03
    `--G. cicatricosus (Raffray 1894) [=Euplectus cicatricosus]R03
  Diastictulus Raffray 1903 [=Singhala Raffray 1898 (preoc.)]R03
    |--*D. punctipennis (Raffray 1893) [=Octomicrus punctipennis]R03
    |--‘Singhala’ basipennis Fairmaire 1889F89
    `--‘Singhala’ dalmanniF89
  Biblomimus Raffray 1903R03
    `--*B. minutus Raffray 1903R03
  Anoplectus Raffray 1897R03
    `--A. niger Raffray 1897R03
  Pteroplectus Raffray 1898R03
    `--P. grandicornis [=Euplectus grandicornis]R03
  Epithematus Raffray 1903R03
    `--E. nitidus Raffray 1903R03
  Lioplectus Raffray 1898R03
    `--L. nitidus Raffray 1898R03
  Protoplectus Raffray 1898R03
    `--P. pubescens (Raffray 1898)R03
  Plectusodes Raffray 1898R03
    `--P. breviceps Raffray 1898R03
  Xenogyna Raffray 1897R03
    `--X. heterocera Raffray 1897R03
  Epiplectus Raffray 1898R03
    `--E. cavifrons (Raffray 1894) [=Philiopsis cavifrons]R03
  Dalmisus Sharp 1886R03
    `--D. batrisodes Sharp 1886R03
  Brouniella Raffray 1903 [incl. Brounia Raffray 1898 (preoc.)]R03
    `--*B. laevifrons [=Euplectus laevifrons]R03
  Aminosimus Raffray 1898R03
    `--A. madagascariensis Raffray 1898R03
  Deroplectus Raffray 1898R03
    `--D. excisus (King 1866) [=Euplectus excisus]R03
  Trychioplectus Raffray 1898R03
    `--T. geminatus Raffray 1898R03
  ‘Mirus’ Saulcy 1877 non Albers 1850R03
    `--M. permirus Saulcy 1877R03
  Periplectus Raffray 1887R03
    `--P. nigripennis Raffray 1887R03
  NeodeuterusR03
    |--N. admirandusR03
    `--M. alterR03
  Apoterus Raffray 1894R03
    |--A. laevis Raffray 1894R03
    `--A. lucidus Raffray 1903R03
  Aulaxus Raffray 1898R03
    |--A. rugicollis Raffray 1898R03
    `--A. trisulcatus Raffray 1898R03
  Prophilus Raffray 1890R03
    |--P. capitatus Raffray 1894R03
    `--P. minutus Raffray 1890R03
  Euplectina Raffray 1894R03
    |--E. concolor Raffray 1894R03
    `--E. nigripennis Raffray 1894R03
  Dalma Sharp 1874R03
    |--D. pubescens Sharp 1874 [incl. Trichonyx sordida]R03
    `--D. tuberculata Broun 1880R03
  Sagolonus Raffray 1898R03
    |--S. arohaensis (Broun 1895) [=Euplectus arohaensis]R03
    `--S. patronus [=Euplectus patronus]R03
  Eleusomatus Raffray 1903R03
    |--E. acuminatus [=Euplectus acuminatus]R03
    `--E. allocephalus [=Euplectus allocephalus; incl. Eu. caudatus]R03
  Euglyptus Broun 1893 [incl. Microtyrus Broun 1893]R03
    |--E. costifer Broun 1893R03
    |--E. elegans Broun 1893R03
    `--E. punctatus (Broun 1893) [=Microtyrus punctatus]R03
  AphiliaR03
    |--A. femorata Reitter 1882R03
    |--A. reitteri Raffray 1894R03
    `--A. sumatrensis Raffray 1893R03
  Chaetorhopalus Raffray 1887R03
    |--C. atomus [=Bythinus atomus]R03
    |--C. minutus Raffray 1901R03
    `--C. unicolor Raffray 1887R03
  Calarus Raffray 1903R03
    |--C. dubius Raffray 1903R03
    |--C. puncticeps Raffray 1903R03
    `--C. semipunctatus Raffray 1903R03
  Trimiopsis Reitter 1882R03
    |--T. caviceps Reitter 1882R03
    |--T. clavicornisR03
    `--T. femoralisR03
  Macroplectus Raffray 1898R03
    |--M. calcaratus Raffray 1898R03
    |--M. cephalotes Raffray 1898R03
    `--M. tasmanicus Raffray 1903R03
  Plectomorphus Raffray 1898R03
    |--P. munroi [=Euplectus munroi]R03
    |--P. ‘spinifer’ [=Euplectus spinifer Broun non Case 1884]R03
    `--P. trisulcicollis [=Euplectus trisulcicollis]R03
  EuplectopsR03
    |--E. ‘linearis’ (King 1863) [=Euplectus linearis non LeConte 1850]R03
    |--E. odewahni (King 1886) [=Euplectus odewahni]R03
    `--E. sculptus (King 1863) [=Euplectus sculptus]R03
  Pseudoplectus Reitter 1881R03
    |--P. clavatus (Raffray 1882) [=Euplectus clavatus]R03
    |--P. perplexus (Duval 1854) [=Euplectus perplexus]R03
    `--P. signaticornis Guilleb. 1888R03
  Philiopsis Raffray 1893R03
    |--P. exigua Raffray 1903R03
    |--P. obscura Raffray 1898R03
    |--P. tuberculiceps Raffray 1903R03
    `--P. unicolor Raffray 1898R03
  Paraplectus Raffray 1898R03
    |--P. biplagiatus Raffray 1900R03
    |--P. infuscatus Raffray 1900R03
    |--P. punctulatus Raffray 1898R03
    `--P. setulosus Raffray 1898R03
  Octomicrus Schaufuss 1877R03
    |--O. crassipes Raffray 1887R03
    |--O. fauveli (Raffray 1882) [=Euplectus fauveli]R03
    |--O. longulus Schaufuss 1877 [incl. O. divergens Reitter 1883, O. interruptus, O. verticalis]R03
    `--O. stryx (Reitter 1882) [=Euplectus stryx]R03
  ZibusR03
    |--Z. adustus Reitter 1881R03
    |--Z. laeviceps Reitter 1881R03
    |--Z. leiocephalus (Aubé 1833) [=Euplectus leiocephalus, Trimium leiocephalum]R03
    |--Z. planiceps Reitter 1878R03
    `--Z. riedeli (Fairmaire 1859) [=Euplectus riedeli]R03
  Vidamus Raffray 1898R03
    |--V. cereus [=Euplectus cereus]R03
    |--V. convexus (Sharp 1874) [=Euplectus convexus]R03
    |--V. incertus [=Euplectus incertus]R03
    |--V. u-impressus [=Euplectus u-impressus]R03
    `--V. validus [=Euplectus validus]R03
  Trimiodytes Raffray 1897R03
    |--T. brevipennis Raffray 1898R03
    |--T. cephalotes Raffray 1898R03
    |--T. gracilis Raffray 1898R03
    |--T. palustris Raffray 1897R03
    `--T. setifer Raffray 1897R03
  Pygoxyon Reitter 1880R03
    |--P. apfelbecki Ganglbauer 1897R03
    |--P. bythiniforme Reitter 1888R03
    |--P. scydmaeniforme Reitter 1880R03
    |--P. thiaridiiforme Reitter 1881R03
    |--P. tychioforme Reitter 1884R03
    `--P. zellichi Ganglbauer 1902R03
  Microplectus Raffray 1898R03
    |--M. exiguus Raffray 1898R03
    |--M. foveiceps Raffray 1903R03
    |--M. longiceps Raffray 1903R03
    |--M. occipitalis Raffray 1903R03
    |--M. striatus Raffray 1903R03
    `--M. vagepunctatus Raffray 1903R03
  Zelandius Raffray 1898R03
    |--Z. antiquus [=Euplectus antiquus]R03
    |--Z. asper [=Euplectus asper]R03
    |--Z. clevedonensis [=Euplectus clevedonensis]R03
    |--Z. coxalis [=Euplectus coxalis]R03
    |--Z. foveiceps (Broun 1895) [=Euplectus foveiceps]R03
    |--Z. moerens [=Euplectus moerens]R03
    |--Z. obscurus [=Euplectus obscurus]R03
    `--Z. sandageri [=Euplectus sandageri]R03

Nomina nuda: Rhexius simplex Motschulsky 1856R04
             Trichonyx aequinoctialis Motschulsky 1855R04
             T. canaliculatus Motschulsky 1855R04

*Leptoplectus pertenuis (Casey 1884)^W75 [=E. pertenuis^W75, E. (Pycnoplectus) pertenuis^R03; incl. Leptoplectus exilissimus Casey 1908^W75, L. insolens Casey 1908^W75]

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[F89] Fairmaire, L. 1889. Coléoptères de l’intérieur de la Chine. 5^e partie. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 6^e série 9: 5–84.

[NT01] Newton, A. F., M. K. Thayer, J. S. Ashe & D. S. Chandler. 2001. Staphylinidae Latreille, 1802. In: Arnett, R. H., Jr & M. C. Thomas (eds) American Beetles vol. 1. Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia pp. 272–418. CRC Press: Boca Raton.

[R03] Raffray, A. 1903. Genera et catalogue des psélaphides. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 72: 484–604.

[R04] Raffray, A. 1904. Genera et catalogue des psélaphides [part III]. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 73: 401–476, pls 1–3.

[R05] Raffray, A. 1905. Genera et catalogue des psélaphides [part IV]. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 73: 635–658.

[W75] Wagner, J. A. 1975. Review of the genera Euplectus, Pycnoplectus, Leptoplectus, and Acolonia (Coleoptera: Pselaphidae) including Nearctic species north of Mexico. Entomologica Americana 49 (2): 125–207.