Breviclypeus

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: Cetoniinae
Tribus: Trichiini
Subtribus: Trichiina
Genus: Breviclypeus
Species: B. plagosus – B. rufipennis

Name

Breviclypeus Ricchiardi in Ricchiardi, Perissinotto & Clennell 2017: 127

• Type species: Agenius plagosus Péringuey 1885, fixed by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Ricchiardi, E., Perissinotto, R. & Clennell, L. 2017. Breviclypeus, a new South African Trichiina genus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae). Fragmenta entomologica 49(2): 125–132. Reference page.  [original description: p. 127, figs. 2, 3]