Belongs within: Goniaceritae.
The Natypleurina are a group of pselaphine beetles found in Asia and Australia. They are distinguished by the possession of short maxillary palpi with a symmetrical or subconical fourth segment, and elytra lacking subhumeral foveae (Arai & Nomura 2007).
<==Natypleurina [Tanypleurini]
|--Morana NG05
|--Nipponobythus NG05
|--Takaorites NG05
|--Nedarassus punctatus Raffray 1895 NG05
|--Natypleurus Newton & Thayer 1992 NG05
| |--*N. malaianus (Raffray 1890) NG05
| `--N. gibbicollis (Raffray 1895) NG05
`--Bythinophanax NG05
|--B. bicornis Reitter 1883 NG05
|--B. exilis Reitter 1883 NG05
`--B. latebrosus Reitter 1883 NG05
*Type species of generic name indicated
REFERENCES
Arai, S., & S. Nomura. 2007. A new genus, Tenguobythus, and five new species of the Iniocyphine subtribe Natypleurina from Japan (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae). Entomological Science 10 (4): 407-419.
[NG05] Nomura, S., & I. Abd Ghani. 2005. Faunistic notes on the pselaphine species of the supertribes Goniaceritae, Pselaphitae and Clavigeritae from Malaysia and Singapore (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae). Serangga 10 (1-2): 1-36.
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