Cavifronexus

Cavifronexus
Cavifronexus guyanae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Staphyliniformia
Family: Staphylinidae
Subtribe: Corotocina
Genus: Cavifronexus
Zilberman, 2020

Cavifronexus is a genus of termitophilous beetles in the family Staphylinidae. It was first described by the Brazilian entomologist Bruno Zilberman in 2020, and includes two species from the Neotropical region, recorded only from the Amazon rainforest, associated with termites of the genus Constrictotermes.

Species

There are two species assigned to this genus:

Distribution

The species in this genus are found in Brazil and Guyana.

References

  1. ↑ "Cavifronexus Zilberman, 2020". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 14 May 2026.
  2. ↑ Zilberman, Bruno (2018). "New species and synonymy in the genus Corotoca Schiødte, 1853 (Coleoptera, Aleocharinae, Corotocini)". Zootaxa. 4434 (3): 547–560. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4434.3.9. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 30313179.
  3. 1 2 Zilberman, Bruno (2020). "Phylogenetic analysis of the genus Corotoca, with description of a new genus and species from Brazil (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae)". Insect Systematics & Evolution. 52 (2): 201–245. doi:10.1163/1876312X-bja10005. ISSN 1876-312X.
  4. ↑ "Cavifronexus Zilberman, 2020". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 31 May 2026.