Taenarthrus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Adephaga

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: Adephaga

Familia: Carabidae
Subfamilia: Migadopinae
Tribus: Migadopini
Genus: Taenarthrus
Species (13): T. aenigmaticus – T. aquatilis – T. capito – T. curvispinatus – T. gelidimontanus – T. latispinatus – T. lissus – T. minor – T. obliteratus – T. pakinius – T. philpotti – T. pluriciliatus – T. ruaumokoi

Name

• Taenarthrus Broun, 1914
  • Authority for placement: Johns, 2010: 46
    • undisputed by all subsequent authorities
    • previously treated as a junior synonym of Loxomerus by Gourlay (1960: 7), and by Larochelle & Larivière, (2007: 30, 'New synonym')
  • Original status: valid genus
  • Type species: Taenarthrus philpotti Broun, 1914
    • Fixation: original designation [p. 85, 'The type of this genus is quite unlike ...'] [and monotypy]

References

Primary references

• Broun, T. 1914: Descriptions of new genera and species of Coleoptera. Part II. New Zealand Institute bulletin, (1)(2): 79–142. BHL BUGZ 85, original description]

Additional references

• Gourlay, E.S. 1960: Notes on New Zealand insects and records of introduced species. New Zealand entomologist, 2(5): 7–9. PDF
• Johns, P.M. 2010: Migadopini (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Migadopinae) of New Zealand. Records of the Canterbury Museum 24: 39–63. full volume (PDF) Reference page. 
• Larochelle, A.; Larivière, M.-C. 2007: Carabidae (Insecta: Coleoptera): synopsis of supraspecific taxa. Fauna of New Zealand, (60) ISBN 978-0-478-09394-0