Talk:Ptinella atrata
From Wikispecies
Distribution [edit]
- New Zealand
- Biostatus: endemic
- 49°S: Antipodes Islands
- 50°S: Auckland Islands
- Sources: Johnson (1975, 1982)
Notes [edit]
- this species belongs to the Ptinella cavelli group
- members of the cavelli group are not truly dimorphic
- P. atrata is brachypterous (not truly apterous, contra Johnson, 1982: 360-361), but not depigmented or blind, and is in fact the only black species in the genus
- Johnson (1975: 12) initially referred P. atrata specimens to form aptera, but later corrected this (Johnson, 1982: 360)
- Sources: Johnson (1975, 1982)
References [edit]
- Johnson, C. 1975: Arthropoda of the subantarctic islands of New Zealand 8. Coleoptera: Ptiliidae. New Zealand journal of zoology, 2: 9-14. doi: 10.1080/03014223.1975.9517858
- Johnson, C. 1982: An introduction to the Ptiliidae (Coleoptera) of New Zealand. New Zealand journal of zoology, 9: 333-376. Google books BUGZ
