Loxomerus brevis

Taxonavigation

Loxomerus brevis (male), length about 10 mm

Taxonavigation: Adephaga
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Cladus: Pterygota Cladus: Metapterygota Cladus: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Endopterygota Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Adephaga

Familia: Carabidae
Subfamilia: Migadopinae
Tribus: Migadopini
Genus: Loxomerus
Species: Loxomerus brevis

Name

• Loxomerus brevis (Blanchard, 1843)
  • Original combination: Pristonychus brevis
  • Combination: Pristancylus brevis: Blanchard, 1853: 23

Synonyms

• Euthenarus cilicollis Broun in Hutton, 1902
• Loxomerus fossulatus Broun, 1909
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: unique
    • Description: adult male
    • Repository: BMNH
  • Type locality: 'Carnley Harbour'
  • NOTE: Johns (1974: 291) seems to refer to a paratype of this species in CMNZ, but Broun (1909: 94) clearly indicated a unique holotype ('one specimen, on cardboard, from Mr. Hudson')

References

• Blanchard, E. 1853: Description des insectes. Pp. 1–422 In: Dumont D’Urville, J.S.C. Voyage au Pôle Sud et dans l’Océanie sur les Corvettes l’Astrolabe et la Zélée; exécuté par ordre du roi pendant les années, 1837-1838-1839-1840, sous le commandement de M.J. Dumont D’Urville, capitaine de vaisseau; publié par ordre du gouvernement, sous la direction supérieure de M. Jacquinot, capitaine de vaisseau, commandant de la Zélée. Zoologie, par M.M. Hombron et Jacquinot. Volume IV. Paris. Internet Archive
• Brookes, A.E. 1951: The Coleoptera of the Auckland and Campbell Islands. Cape Expedition series bulletin, (5) BUGZ
• Emberson, R.M. 1992: Tentative dates of publication of the zoology plates of Dumont d'Urville's Voyage au Pol Sud, with particular reference to the Coleoptera. Archives of natural history, 19: 251-260.
• Emberson, R.M. 1993: The publication dates of the zoology plates of Dumont d'Urville's Voyage au Pol Sud; nomenclatorial implications for New Zealand beetles. New Zealand entomologist, 16: 17–21.
• Gourlay, E.S. 1950: Auckland Island Coleoptera. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 78: 171-202, plates 21-23. BUGZ
• Jeannel, R. 1938: Les migadopides (Coleoptera Adephaga), une lignée subantartique. Revue française d'entomologie, 5: 1-55.
• Johns, P.M. 1974: Arthropoda of the subantarctic islands of New Zealand (1) Coleoptera: Carabidae Southern New Zealand, Patagonian, and Falkland Islands insular Carabidae. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 4: 283-302. Google books BUGZ
• Johns, P.M. 2010: Migadopini (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Migadopinae) of New Zealand. Records of the Canterbury Museum, 24: 39-63. [publication date: 'December 2010', sourced from title page of volume] ZooBank
  • find all Wikispecies pages which cite this reference
• Macfarlane, R.P.; Maddison, P.A.; Andrew, I.G.; Berry, J.A.; Johns, P.M.; Hoare, R.J.B.; Larivière, M.-C.; Greenslade, P.; Henderson, R.C.; Smithers, C.N.; Palma, R.L.; Ward, J.B.; Pilgrim, R.L.C.; Towns, D.R.; McLellan, I.; Teulon, D.A.J.; Hitchings, T.R.; Eastop, V.F.; Martin, N.A.; Fletcher, M.J.; Stufkens, M.A.W.; Dale, P.J.; Burckhardt, D.; Buckley, T.R.; Trewick, S.A. 2010: Phylum Arthropoda subphylum Hexapoda: Protura, springtails, Diplura, and insects. Pp. 233-467 in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) 2010: New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume 2. Kingdom Animalia. Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand. ISBN 978-1-87725793-3 PDF
• Marris, J.W.M. 2000: The beetle (Coleoptera) fauna of the Antipodes Islands, with comments on the impact of mice; and an annotated checklist of the insect and arachnid fauna. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 30(2): 169-195. doi: 10.1080/03014223.2000.9517616 PDF [as Loxomerus new species]
• Nicholls, D.C.; Urquhart, E.M.; Ward, J.B.; Johns, P.M. 1998: A list of insect primary types held in Canterbury Museum, Christchurch, New Zealand. Records of the Canterbury Museum, 12: 1-43.

links

• Subantarctic beetle database