Prisahypnus frontalis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elateroidea

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: Elateriformia Superfamilia: Elateroidea

Familia: Elateridae
Subfamilia: Hypnoidinae
Tribus: Prisahypini
Genus: Prisahypnus
Species: Prisahypnus frontalis

Name

Prisahypnus frontalis (Sharp, 1877; Cryptohypnus) [comb. Stibick (1979: 166)]

Holotype male: BMNH. Paratypes: none.

Type locality: Lake Guyon, South Island, New Zealand.

Synonymy

• Cryptohypnus thoracicus Sharp, 1877 [syn. Stibick (1981: 236)]
  • Holotype female: BMNH. Paratypes: none.
  • Type locality: Kelly's Creek, near Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand.
• Cryptohypnus pallipes Sharp, 1886 [nec Kuester, 1848] [syn. Stibick (1981: 237)]
  • Lectotype female, designated by Stibick (1981: 239): BMNH. Paralectotypes: 1 female (BMNH).
  • Type locality: Greymouth, South Island, New Zealand.
• Cryptohypnus montanus Broun, 1883 [syn. Stibick (1981: 237)]
  • Holotype female: BMNH. Paratypes: none.
  • Type locality: Mount Arthur, Nelson, South Island, New Zealand.
• Cryptohypnus fuscipennis Broun, 1893 [syn. Stibick (1981: 237)]
  • Lectotype male, designated by Stibick (1981: 238): BMNH
  • Type locality: Taranaki, North Island, New Zealand.
• Cryptohypnus picticornis Broun, 1893 [syn. Stibick (1981: 237)]
  • Lectotype female, designated by Stibick (1981: 239): BMNH. Paralectotypes: 1 female (BMNH).
  • Type locality: Boatman's, Reefton, South Island, New Zealand.
• Cryptohypnus sternalis Broun, 1893 [syn. Stibick (1981: 237)]
  • Holotype male: BMNH. Paratypes: none.
  • Type locality: Boatman's, Reefton, South Island, New Zealand.
• Hypnoidus pallidipes Schenkling, 1925 [nomen novum pro Cryptohypnus pallipes Sharp, 1886] [syn. Stibick (1981: 237)]
• Hypnoidus brouni Schenkling, 1925 [nomen novum pro Cryptohypnus pallipes Broun, 1893] [nomen nudum - based on an invalid concept as there is no Cryptohypnus pallipes Broun, 1893!]

References

Primary references

• Broun, T. 1883: The New Zealand Carabidae. New Zealand journal of science, 1: 287-304.
• Stibick, J.N.L. 1979. Classification of the Elateridae (Coleoptera). Relationships and classification of the subfamilies and tribes. Pacific Insects 20(2–3): 145–186. PDF Reference page. 
• Stibick, J.N.L. 1981. A revision of the Hypnoidinae of the world (Col. Elateridae): Part V. The Hypnoidinae of New Zealand, fossil Hypnoidinae, postscript and indexes. Eos 55–56: 227–294. DOI: 10261/167500 . Reference page.