Meonochilus

Taxonavigation

Meonochilus amplipennis

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: Psydrinae
Tribus: Moriomorphini
Subtribus: Amblytelina
Genus: Meonochilus
Species (6): M. amplipennis – M. bellorum – M. eplicatus – M. placens – M. rectus – M. spiculatus

In synonymy (1): M. labralis

Name

• Meonochilus Liebherr & Marris, 2009
  • Authority for placement: Liebherr, 2011
  • Gender: masculine
  • Original status: valid genus
  • Type species: Tarastethus amplipennis Broun, 1912
    • Fixation: original designation [p. 10]
  • ZooBank

Primary references

• Liebherr, J.K.; Marris, J.W.M. 2009: Revision of the New Zealand species of Mecyclothorax Sharp (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Psydrinae, Mecyclothoracini) and the consequent removal of several species to Meonochilus gen. n. (Psydrinae, Meonini). New Zealand entomologist, 32(1): 5-22. doi: 10.1080/00779962.2009.9722172 abstract and full article (PDF) reference page  [7, original description]

Selected references

• Liebherr, J.K. 2011: Cladistic assessment of subtribal affinities within the tribe Moriomorphini with description of Rossjoycea glacialis, gen. n. and sp. n. from the South Island, and revision of Meonochilus Liebherr and Marris from the North Island, New Zealand (Coleoptera, Carabidae). ZooKeys, 147: 277-335. ISBN 978-954-642-614-7 doi: 10.3897/zookeys.147.1898 reference page