Rhopalotyphlus Scheerpeltz, 1956

Hlaváč, Peter, Janák, Jiří & Baňař, Petr, 2025, Endogean and cavernicolous Coleoptera of the Balkans. XXVIII. Synopsis of the subfamily Leptotyphlinae Fauvel, 1874 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) of the Balkan Peninsula, with the description of three new species from Serbia and Montenegro, Zootaxa 5594 (1), pp. 61-97 : 90

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scientific name	Rhopalotyphlus Scheerpeltz, 1956
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Rhopalotyphlus Scheerpeltz, 1956 View in CoL

Rhopalotyphlus Scheerpeltz, 1956: 462 View in CoL .

Type species: Leptotyphlus beieri Scheerpeltz, 1931 View in CoL . Original designation.

Validation of Rhopalotyphlus Scheerpeltz 1940 View in CoL by inclusion of species and designation of type species.

Rhopalotyphlus Scheerpeltz View in CoL : Scheerpeltz, 1940: 29 (nomen nudum); Coiffait, 1972: 625 (redescription); Pace, 1983a: 460 (diagnosis in key).

Diagnosis. Gular sutures confluent in half of length of head capsule, from confluent point prolonged ahead by long, single suture; labrum dentate, with three prominent teeth; antennae with 11 antennomeres, antennal club composed from 3 antennomeres; terminal antennomeres lacking sensorial appendages (phaneres); tarsal formula 3-3-3; genital armature of female distinct.

Remarks. Monospecific genus known only from the type material, the male is unknown.