Batessia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tenebrionoidea

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: Cucujiformia Superfamilia: Tenebrionoidea

Familia: Tenebrionidae
Subfamilia: Tenebrioninae
Tribus: Heleini
Subtribus: Cyphaleina
Genus: Batessia
Species: B. championi – B. frenchi – B. weswoodi

In 2021 Batessia was shown to be an unnecessary replacement name. The correct name is Agastenes Lucas, 1920.

Name

Batessia Ponting, 2018

• Replacement name for Agasthenes Bates, 1873

Synonyms

• Agasthenes Bates, 1873:352
  • Homonym of Agasthenes Förster, 1869 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)
  • Type species: Agasthenes westwoodi Bates, 1873 (≡B. westwoodi
    ), by monotypy

Primary references

• Bates, F. 1873. Descriptions of new genera and species of Tenebrionidae from Australia, New Caledonia and Norfolk Island. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 21(3): 347–380. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1873.tb02312.x. BHL. Reference page. 
• Ponting, J. 2018. A replacement name for Agasthenes Bates, 1873 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), junior homonym of Agasthenes Förster, 1869 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 33(1): 131. DOI: 10.18195/issn.0312-3162.33(1).2018.131-132 .