Saphobiamorpha maoriana

Taxonavigation

Saphobiamorpha maoriana

Taxonavigation: Scarabaeoidea
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: Polyphaga Infraordo: Scarabaeiformia Superfamilia: Scarabaeoidea

Familia: Scarabaeidae
Subfamilia: Scarabaeinae
Tribus: Canthonini
Genus: Saphobiamorpha
Species: Saphobiamorpha maoriana

Name

• Saphobiamorpha maoriana Brookes, 1944
  • Authority for placement: original
  • Current placement: Saphobiamorpha Brookes, 1944, as valid species
  • Gender: changeable (-us, -um, -a)
  • Original genus: Saphobiamorpha Brookes, 1944
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated
    • Description: [adult] male
    • Repository: MONZ [AI.023034], ex 'author's collection' [NOTE: This may not be the holotype, which may in fact be in NZAC!]
  • Type locality: 'Styx Saddle, near Ross, Westland, 2,800 feet'
  • ZooBank

Incorrect spellings

• Saphobiamorpha maorianus

Primary references

• Brookes, A.E. 1944: Descriptions of two new genera and species of New Zealand beetles, and notes on other described species. Transactions and proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 73(4): 262-266, plate 41. full text and PDF reference page  [first availability, see p. 264, and fig. 2]

Selected references

• Emberson, R.M.; Matthews, E.G. 1973: Introduced Scarabaeinae (=Coprinae) (Coleoptera) in New Zealand. New Zealand entomologist, 5(3): 346-350. doi: 10.1080/00779962.1973.9723040 abstract and full article (PDF) reference page