Exocelina melanaria

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 melanaria

Name

Exocelina melanaria (Sharp, 1882)

Synonyms

• Copelatus melanarius Sharp, 1882
  • Papuadytes melanarius (Sharp, 1882) Nilsson & Fery, 2006: 56 (N.COMB.)
  • Exocelina melanaria (Sharp, 1882) Nilsson, 2007: 34

Type data

• Lectotype, designated by Watts (1978: 129): BMNH

References

cited sources

• 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.
• Sharp, D. 1882: On aquatic carnivorous Coleoptera or Dytiscidae. Scientific transactions of the Royal Dublin Society (2), 2: 179–1003, plates VII-XVIII. Internet Archive BHL
• Watts, C.H.S. 1978: A revision of the Australian Dytiscidae (Coleoptera). Australian journal of zoology, supplementary series, (57 ) DOI: 10.1071/AJZS057