Cyclaxyra politula

Cyclaxyra politula (female)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cucujoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Cucujiformia Superfamilia: Cucujoidea

Familia: Cyclaxyridae
Genus: Cyclaxyra
Species: Cyclaxyra politula

Name

Cyclaxyra politula (Broun, 1881)

Synonyms

• Cyclomorpha politula Broun, 1881 [placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology by ICZN (1988: 69)]
  • Cyclaxyra politula (Broun, 1881)
• Cyclaxyra impressa Broun, 1915 [ Gimmel, Leschen & Ślipiński, 2009: 523 (syn. nov.) ]

Type data

• politula Broun: Lectotype, designated by Gimmel, Leschen & Ślipiński (2009: 523): BMNH
  • Type kind: male
  • Type locality: Tairua, New Zealand CL
  • Paralectotypes (1 female): BMNH
• impressa Broun: Holotype (unique): BMNH
  • Type kind: male
  • Type locality: Greymouth, New Zealand BR

References

• Broun, T. 1881: Manual of the New Zealand Coleoptera. Part II. Colonial Museum and Geological Survey Department, Wellington. Internet Archive BHL BUGZ
• Broun, T. 1915: Descriptions of new genera and species of Coleoptera. Part IV. New Zealand Institute bulletin, (1)(4): 267–346. Internet Archive BHL BUGZ
• Gimmel, M., Leschen, R.A.B. & Ślipiński, S.A. 2009. Review of the New Zealand endemic family Cyclaxyridae, new family (Coleoptera: Polyphaga). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 49(2): 511–528. PDF Reference page. 
• ICZN 1988: OPINION 1472 Cyclaxyra Broun, 1893 (Insecta, Coleoptera): conserved. Bulletin of zoological nomenclature, 45: 69–70. ISSN: 0007-5167

Additional references

• Marra, M.J., Crozier, M. & Goff, J. 2008. Palaeoenvironment and biogeography of a late MIS 3 fossil beetle fauna from south Taranaki, New Zealand. Journal of Quaternary science 24(1): 97–107. DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1175 Reference page. 
• Marra, M.J. & Leschen, R.A.B. 2004. Late Quaternary paleoecology from fossil beetle communities in the Awatere Valley, South Island, New Zealand. Journal of biogeography 31(4): 571–586. DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.2003.00998.x Reference page. 
• Marra, M.J.; Smith, E.G.C.; Shulmeister, J.; Leschen, R. 2004: Late Quaternary climate change in the Awatere Valley, South Island, New Zealand using a sine model with a maximum likelihood envelope on fossil beetle data. Quaternary science reviews, 23: 1637–1650. DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2004.01.007