Leptochirus

Leptochirus is a genus of beetles in the family Staphylinidae, the rove beetles.

Leptochirus
Leptochirus javanus from Sumatra. Museum specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Suborder:
Polyphaga
Infraorder:
Staphyliniformia
Superfamily:
Staphylinoidea
Family:
Staphylinidae
Subfamily:
Osoriinae
Tribe:
Leptochirini
Genus:
Leptochirus

Germar, 1824

Species
  • Leptochirus brunneoniger
  • Leptochirus costaricensis Bernhauer 1942
  • Leptochirus javanus Laporte de Castelnau
  • Leptochirus laevis Laporte de Castelnau, 1840
  • Leptochirus laeviventris Fauvel 1902
  • Leptochirus marina
  • Leptochirus maxi
  • Leptochirus maxillosus
  • Leptochirus mery
  • Leptochirus milton
  • Leptochirus molossus Sharp, 1882–1887
  • Leptochirus scoriaceus Germar, 1824

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References
  1. Universal Biological Indexer
  2. Encyclopedia of life
  3. Catalogue of life
  4. Zipcodezoo
  5. Gwannon Archived 2015-02-06 at the Wayback Machine
  • Asenjo, A.; Ribeiro-Costa, C.S. 2013: Revision of the neotropical subgenus Tropiochirus of the genus Leptochirus Germar 1824 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Osoriinae). Journal of natural history, 47(19-20): 1257–1285. doi:10.1080/00222933.2012.763053
  • D.N. Biswas & T. Sengupta [1]


  1. On Leptochirus (Strongylochirus) (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) from India and Burma
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