Oopterus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Adephaga
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Familia: Carabidae
Subfamilia: Trechinae
Tribus: Zolini
Subtribus: Zolina
Genus: Oopterus
Species: O. atratus – O. basalis – O. carinatus – O. clivinoides – O. collaris – O. femoralis – O. frontalis – O. fulvipes – O. helmsi – O. labralis – O. laevicollis – O. laevigatus – O. laeviventris – O. latifossus – O. latipennis – O. lewisi – O. marrineri – O. minor – O. nigritulus – O. ocularius – O. pallidipes – O. parvulus – O. patulus – O. plicaticollis – O. probus – O. puncticeps – O. pygmeatus – O. sculpturatus – O. sobrinus – O. soledadinus – O. strenuus – O. suavis – O. subopacus

Name

• Oopterus Guérin-Méneville, 1841
  • Gender: masculine
  • Type species: Oopterus clivinoides Guérin-Méneville, 1841, by monotypy

Synonyms

• Zolus Sharp, 1886
  • Gender: masculine
  • Type species: Zolus helmsi Sharp, 1886, by monotypy
  • Synonymised by: Larochelle & Larivière, 2007: 44 ('Reinstated synonym') [source: Larochelle & Larivière (2007: 44)]
• Dormeyeria Enderlein, 1912
  • Gender: feminine
  • Type species: Trechus audouini Guérin-Méneville, 1830, by original designation [MISIDENTIFICATION OF Trechus soledadinus, according to Jeannel (1926: 447-448)]
• Pseudoopterus Csiki, 1928
  • Gender: masculine
  • Type species: Oopterus plicaticollis Blanchard, 1843, by subsequent designation by Larochelle & Larivière (2001: 73) [source: Larochelle & Larivière (2001: 73)]
  • Synonymised by: Gourlay, 1950: 180 ('n.syn.') [source: Gourlay (1950: 180)]

References

cited sources

• Gourlay, E.S. 1950: Auckland Island Coleoptera. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 78: 171-202, plates 21-23. BUGZ
• Guérin-Méneville, F.-E. 1841: Description de quelques coléoptères nouveaux provenant de la Tasmanie, du port Otago (Nouvelle Zélande), d'Esington-Bay (Australie septentrionale), de Triton-Bay (Nouvelle-Guinée), et des îles Vavao, Salomon, Ternate, Borneo, Aukland, etc. Revue Zoologique par La Société Cuvierienne, 1841: 120-128. Internet Archive BHL
• Larochelle, A.; Larivière, M.-C. 2001: Carabidae (Insecta: Coleoptera): catalogue. Fauna of New Zealand, (43)
• Larochelle, A.; Larivière, M.-C. 2007: Carabidae (Insecta: Coleoptera): synopsis of supraspecific taxa. Fauna of New Zealand, (60)
• Sharp, D. 1886: On New Zealand Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Scientific transactions of the Royal Dublin Society (2), 3: 351-454, plates XII-XIII. Internet Archive BHL

additional references

• Darlington, P.J., jr. 1964: INSECTS OF CAMPBELL ISLAND. COLEOPTERA: CARABIDAE. Pacific insects monograph, 7: 335-339. BUGZ
• Dilks, P.J. 1979: Observations on the food of feral cats on Campbell Island. New Zealand journal of ecology, 2: 64-66.
• Grebennikov, V.V. 1999: Larvae of Zolini (Coleoptera: Carabidae): Genera Oopterus Guérin-Méneville and Idacarabus Lea. Coleopterists bulletin,53: 245-252. JSTOR
• 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
• Leschen, R.A.B.; Lawrence, J.F.; Kuschel, G.; Thorpe, S.; Wang, Q. 2003: Coleoptera genera of New Zealand. New Zealand entomologist, 26: 15-28.
• Michaux, B.; Leschen, R.A.B. 2005: East meets west: biogeology of the Campbell Plateau. Biological journal of the Linnean Society, 86: 95-115. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2005.00511.x