Exocelina polita

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Adephaga

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: Adephaga

Familia: Dytiscidae
Subfamilia: Copelatinae
Genus: Exocelina
Species: Exocelina polita

Name

Exocelina polita (Sharp, 1882)

Lectotype: BMNH, ♂, Sharp Coll 1905-313; designated by Shaverdo, Surbakti, Hendrich & Balke, 2012.

Type locality: Indonesia: West Papua Province: Manokwari Regency, Arfak Mts., Hatam. Note: Hatam is situated in the Arfak Mountains north of Ransiki (A. Riedel, pers. comment).

Synonyms

• Copelatus politus Sharp, 1882
  • Papuadytes politus (Sharp, 1882) Nilsson & Fery, 2006: 56 (N.COMB.)
  • Exocelina polita (Sharp, 1882) Nilsson, 2007: 34; Shaverdo, Surbakti, Hendrich & Balke, 2012: figs 1A–E, 37

References

Primary references

• Sharp, D. 1882. On aquatic carnivorous Coleoptera or Dytiscidae. Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society, Series 2, 2: 179–1003. BHL. Reference page. 
• Shaverdo, H.V., Surbakti, S., Hendrich, L. & Balke, M. 2012. Introduction of the Exocelina ekari-group with descriptions of 22 new species from New Guinea (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Copelatinae). ZooKeys 250: 1-76. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.250.3715 Reference page.  [lectotype designation]

Additional references

• Nilsson, A.N. 2007: Exocelina Broun, 1886, is the valid name of Papuadytes Balke, 1998. Latissimus, 23: 33–34. ISSN: 0966-2235
• Nilsson, A.N.; Fery, H. 2006: World Catalogue of Dytiscidae – corrections and additions, 3 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Koleopterologische rundschau, 76: 55–74.
• Shaverdo, H.V., Surbakti, S., Hendrich, L. & Balke, M. 2012. Introduction of the Exocelina ekari-group with descriptions of 22 new species from New Guinea (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Copelatinae). ZooKeys 250: 1-76. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.250.3715 Reference page.