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Leptochirus

genus of insects

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 5, 2026
Entity authorityQ19597692 ↗
Source-derived summary

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

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

References

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.

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The public source identifies “Leptochirus” as genus of insects. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Leptochirus, genus and insects.

Editorial reviewUseful for establishing the present vocabulary of the subject while preserving a route back to the evidence on which that vocabulary rests. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1942, 1840, 1902, 1882—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Leptochirus, genus and insects providing the first useful test.
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Datasets, specimens, observations and peer-reviewed methods provide the appropriate test for the technical claims summarized here. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 5, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q19597692. The first chronological checks are 1942, 1840, 1902 and 1882.

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This entry incorporates text from “Leptochirus” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.