Picrotus thoracicus

Taxonavigation

Picrotus thoracicus (length about 1.6 mm)

Taxonavigation: Cucujoidea

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: Cucujoidea

Familia: Cryptophagidae
Subfamilia: Cryptophaginae
Tribus: Picrotini
Genus: Picrotus
Species: Picrotus thoracicus
Synonyms (2): P. pensus – P. sanguineus

Name

• Picrotus thoracicus Sharp, 1886
  • Primary type: lectotype
    • Fixation: designated by Leschen & Gimmel, 2012: 26 ('In order to stabilize the species names, lectotypes were designated from the material of P. thoracicus and P. sanguineus')
    • Description: [adult]
    • Repository: BMNH
  • Type locality: 'Bealey'

References

• Leschen, R.A.B. & Gimmel, M.L. 2012. Catalogue of the tribe Picrotini (Coleoptera: Cryptophagidae: Cryptophaginae). New Zealand Entomologist 35(1): 14–28. DOI: 10.1080/00779962.2012.649705 Reference page.  [lectotype designation, see p. 26]
• Sharp, D. 1886: On New Zealand Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Scientific transactions of the Royal Dublin Society (2), 3: 351–454, plates XII-XIII. BHL [first availability, see p. 395 and plate XII, fig. 9]
• Crowson, R.A. 1959: Studies on the Dermestoidea (Coleoptera), with special reference to the New Zealand fauna. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 111 (4): 81–94. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1959.tb02277.x BUGZ [see p. 88]
• Leschen, R.A.B. 1996: Phylogeny and revision of the genera of Cryptophagidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea). University of Kansas science bulletin, 55 (15): 549–634. BHL
• Macfarlane, R.P., Maddison, P.A., Andrew, I.G., Berry, J.A., Johns, P.M., Hoare, R.J.B., Larivière, M.-C., Greenslade, P., Henderson, R.C., Smithers, C.N., Palma, R.L., Ward, J.B., Pilgrim, R.L.C., Towns, D.R., McLellan, I., Teulon, D.A.J., Hitchings, T.R., Eastop, V.F., Martin, N.A., Fletcher, M.J., Stufkens, M.A.W., Dale, P.J., Burckhardt, D., Buckley, T.R. & Trewick, S.A. 2010. Phylum Arthropoda subphylum Hexapoda: Protura, springtails, Diplura, and insects. Pp. 233–467 in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) 2010. New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume 2. Kingdom Animalia. Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand. Reference page.  PDF. Reference page.  [424, listed]
• Moeed, A.; Meads, M.J. 1987: Seasonality and density of litter and humus invertebrates in broadleaf-podocarp and hard beech forests in Orongorongo Valley, New Zealand. New Zealand journal of zoology, 14 (1): 51–63. Google books [see p. 55, table 1]

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