Pselaphodes

Translingual

Etymology

From Pselaphus +‎ -odes; or possibly borrowed from Ancient Greek ψηλᾰφώδης (psēlăphṓdēs), from Ancient Greek ψηλᾰφᾰ́ω (psēlăphắō) with influence from Pselaphus, the type genus of the subfamily Pselaphinae.

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Proper noun

Pselaphodes m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Staphylinidae – certain rove beetles.
    • 2024 July 8, Ting Feng, Zi-Wei Yin, “Notes on the Pselaphodes Westwood complex (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae) of Hubei, China, with description of a new species and additional faunistic data”, in ZooKeys‎[1], number 1206 (overall work in English), →DOI, pages 231-239:
      The Pselaphodes Westwood complex of genera is represented in Hubei Province by four genera and eight species.

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