Peniticus wallacei

Peniticus wallacei male specimen AMNZ21838 (possibly a syntype)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chrysomeloidea

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 Cladus: Phytophaga Superfamilia: Chrysomeloidea

Familia: Chrysomelidae
Subfamilia: Eumolpinae
Tribus: Eumolpini
Genus: Peniticus
Species: Peniticus wallacei

Name

Peniticus wallacei Broun, 1910: 301

Lectotype: MONZ. ♀. 35. Kermadec, 5. Aug. 1908. Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa Tongarewa AI.35796. (designated by Gómez-Zurita, 2020: 727)

Paralectotypes: (designated by Gómez-Zurita, 2020: 727)

• 1♂ (MONZ): Kermadec, Aug. 1908. var.♂, 35,♂ var., Kermadec, Aug. 1908, Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa Tongarewa AI.35711.
• 1♂ (BMNH): Kermadec Is., Broun Coll., B.M. 1922–482. Kermadecs, Sunday Isd. Var. A, ♂.
• 1♂ (BMNH): 35, var. ♂, Kermadec Is., Broun Coll., B.M. 1922–482.
• 2♀ (BMNH): 35, Kermadec Is., Broun Coll., B.M. 1922–482, Kermadecs, Sunday Isd.

Type locality: "Raoul Island". [Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands, New Zealand]

References

Primary references

• Broun, T. 1910. On the Coleoptera of the Kermadec Islands. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 42: 291–306. BHL PDF Reference page. 
• Gómez-Zurita, J. 2020. Taxonomic revision of species in the New Zealand endemic genera Peniticus Sharp, 1876 and Pilacolaspis Sharp, 1886 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Austral Entomology 59(4): 701–730. DOI: 10.1111/aen.12503 . Reference page.