Exydrus gibbosus

Taxonavigation

Exydrus gibbosus (length about 6mm)

Taxonavigation: Hydrophiloidea

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: Staphyliniformia Superfamilia: Hydrophiloidea

Familia: Hydrophilidae
Subfamilia: Sphaeridiinae
Tribus: Tormissini
Genus: Exydrus
Species: Exydrus gibbosus
Synonyms (2): E. flavicornis – E. thomasbrouni

Name

Exydrus gibbosus (Broun, 1880; Cyclonotum) [comb. Broun (1886: 940)]

Holotype: BMNH. Paratypes: none.

Type locality: Mount Manaia, Whangarei, Northland, North Island, New Zealand.

Synonymy

• Cyclonotum flavicorne Broun, 1880 [nec Mulsant, 1844] [syn. Hansen (1997: 361)]

Holotype: BMNH. Paratypes: none.

Type locality: Tairua, Coromandel Peninsula, North Island, New Zealand.

• Exydrus thomasbrouni Hansen, 1991 [nomen novum pro Cyclonotum flavicorne Broun, 1880] [syn. Hansen (1997: 361)]

References

• Hansen, M. 1997: Synopsis of the endemic New Zealand genera of the beetle subfamily Sphaeridiinae (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae). New Zealand journal of zoology, 24: 351–370. [1]