Chorasus

Chorasus sp.

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: Zopheridae
Subfamilia: Colydiinae
Tribus: Synchitini
Genus: Chorasus
Species (10): C. buckleyi – C. costatus – C. costicollis – C. incertus – C. lateralis – C. posticalis – C. purus – C. setarius – C. subcaecus Sharp – C. suturalis

Name

Chorasus Sharp, 1882: 79

• Type species: Chorasus subcaecus Sharp, 1882; fixation: monotypy

Synonyms

• Vitiacus Broun, 1893: 1087 [synonymised by Ślipiński & Lawrence, 1997: 368 ('Syn. nov.')]{{Nomen|
  • Type species: Vitiacus costatus Broun, 1893; fixation: subsequent-designation-by ?
• Note: there were two originally included nominal species, Vitiacus costatus Broun, 1893, and Vitiacus costicollis Broun, 1893, included in different PARTS of the SAME WORK, published simultaneously

References

Additional references

• Ślipiński, S.A. & Lawrence, J.F. 1997. Genera of Colydiinae (Coleoptera: Zopheridae) of the Australo-Pacific region. Annales Zoologici 47(3/4): 341–440. Reference page.  [See p. 368]
• Broun, T. 1893: Manual of the New Zealand Coleoptera. Parts V, VI, VII. New Zealand Institute, Wellington. Internet Archive BHL BUGZ
• Sharp, D. 1882: On some New Zealand Coleoptera. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1882: 73–99. Internet Archive BHL
• Broun, T. 1895: Descriptions of new Coleoptera from New Zealand. Annals and magazine of natural history (6), 15: 67–88; 194-203; 234-245; 405-419. Internet Archive BHL BUGZ
• Broun, T. 1921: Descriptions of new genera and species of Coleoptera. Part VI. New Zealand Institute bulletin, (1)(6): 475–590. Internet Archive BHL BUGZ
• Ivie, M.A.; Ślipiński, S.A. 1990: Catalog of the genera of world Colydiidae (Coleoptera). Annales zoologici, 43(suppl. 1)