Priochirus

Priochirus is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Staphylinidae. This genus includes about 270 species widespread in Neotropical, Palaearctic, Madagascan, Oriental, Australian and Oceanic Regions.

Selected species

• Priochirus acietis P. J. M. Greenslade, 1971 (Papua New Guinea)
• Priochirus albertisi Fauvel, 1878 (New Guinea)
• Priochirus bakerianus Bernhauer, 1926 (Borneo, Indonesia)
• Priochirus bicolor Cameron, 1937 (New Guinea)
• Priochirus bicornis Fauvel, 1864 (Mexico)
• Priochirus bifurcatus Fauvel, 1879 (New Guinea)
• Priochirus borneensis Cameron, 1928 (Borneo)
• Priochirus cameroni Scheerpeltz, 1933 (New Guinea)
• Priochirus confusus Cameron, 1937 (New Guinea)
• Priochirus curtidentatus Wu & Zhou, 2013 (China)
• Priochirus deltodontus Wu & Zhou, 2013 (China)
• Priochirus greensladei Herman, 2001 (New Guinea)
• Priochirus japonicus Sharp, 1889 (Taiwan, China, Japan)
• Priochirus kimurai Naomi, 1996 (Japan)
• Priochirus klimai Bernhauer, 1914 (Indonesia)
• Priochirus lautus P. J. M. Greenslade, 1971 (Papua New Guinea)
• Priochirus masahiroiNaomi, 1996 (Japan)
• Priochirus minor P. J. M. Greenslade, 1971 (Borneo)
• Priochirus mjobergi Bernhauer, 1928 (Indonesia)
• Priochirus minutus Wendeler, 1928 (Philippines)
• Priochirus quadricollis Cameron, 1924 (New Guinea)
• Priochirus reno P. J. M. Greenslade, 1971 (Papua New Guinea)
• Priochirus salvini Sharp, 1887 (Guatemala)
• Priochirus sondaicus Bernhauer, 1928 (Indonesia)
• Priochirus terebra P. J. M. Greenslade, 1971 (Papua New Guinea)
• Priochirus tridens Motschulsky, 1857 (India, Andaman Islands, Myanmar, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines)
• Priochirus trifurcus Wu & Zhou, 2013 (China)
• Priochirus unicolor Laporte, 1835 (Indonesia)

References

• Herman, L.H. 2001 H. Catalog of the Staphylinidae (Insecta, Coleoptera): 1758 to the end of the second millennium. III. Oxyteline group Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, (265): 1067–1806.
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