Exocelina atrata

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 atrata

Name

Exocelina atrata (Balfour-Browne, 1939)

Synonyms

• Copelatus atratus Balfour-Browne, 1939
  • Papuadytes atratus (Balfour-Browne, 1939) Nilsson & Fery, 2006: 56 (N.COMB.)
  • Exocelina atrata (Balfour-Browne, 1939) Nilsson, 2007: 33

Type data

• Holotype: BMNH
  • Type kind: male
  • Type locality: Kokoda, 1200 ft., Papua New Guinea
  • Paratypes (allotype female, 1 additional female, 8 males): BMNH

References

cited sources

• Balfour-Browne, J. 1939: On Copelatus Er. and Leiopterus Steph. (Col. Dytiscidae) with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 88: 57–88.
• 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. ISSN: 0075-6547