Pristerophora

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scarabaeoidea

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: Polyphaga Infraordo: Staphyliniformia Superfamilia: Scarabaeoidea

Familia: Scarabaeidae
Subfamilia: Melolonthinae
Tribus: Macrodactylini
Genus: Pristerophora
Species (3): P. longipes – P. paulseni – P. picipennis

Name

Pristerophora Harold, 1869

Type species: [[Prionophora picipennis}} Solier, 1851 by monotypy.

Synonyms

• Pristerophora Harold, 1869 (replacement name for Prionophora Solier, 1851)
• Prionophora Solier, 1851 (preoccupied by Prionophora Westwood 1848 (Coleoptera))
  • Type species: Prionophora picipennis Solier, 1851 by monotypy.
• Astaenosiagum Martínez, 1957 (synonymized by Smith 2008: 13).
  • Type species: Schizochelus longipes Philippi, by original designation.

References

Additional references

• Smith, A.B.T. 2008. South American Melolonthinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) classification and nomenclature: some problems and solutions. Insecta Mundi 60: 1–28. Reference page. 

Links

• Schoolmeesters, P. 2017. Scarabs: World Scarabaeidae Database (version Jul 2016). In: Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds. 2017. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 30th January 2017. Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858. Reference page.  [accessed on March 1, 2017]