Prodontria modesta

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scarabaeoidea

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: Staphyliniformia Superfamilia: Scarabaeoidea

Familia: Scarabaeidae
Subfamilia: Melolonthinae
Genus: Prodontria
Species: Prodontria modesta
Synonyms (1): P. bicolorata

Name

• Prodontria modesta (Broun, 1909)
  • Original combination: Lewisiella modesta
  • Original genus: Lewisiella Broun, 1909
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: syntypes or unique holotype
    • Fixation: automatic
    • Description: [adult(s)]
    • Repository: BMNH?
  • Type locality: 'Manorburn, Otago'

References

Primary references

• Broun, T. 1909: Descriptions of new genera and species of New Zealand Coleoptera (Continued from p. 233.) Annals and magazine of natural history (8), 3 (17): 385–415. DOI: 10.1080/00222930908692601 BHL BUGZ [first availability, see p. 399]

Additional references

• Emerson, B. 1994: Conservation status of chafer beetles Prodontria bicolorata and P. modesta: distribution and ecological observations. New Zealand entomologist, 17: 3–6.
• Emerson, B.C.; Barratt, B.I.P. 1997: Descriptions of seven new species of the genus Prodontria Broun (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). Coleopterists bulletin, 51: 23–36. JSTOR
• Emerson, B.C.; Wallis, G.P. 1994: Species status and population genetic structure of the flightless chafer beetles Prodontria modesta and P. bicolorata (Coleoptera; Scarabaeidae) from South Island, New Zealand. Molecular ecology, 3: 339–345.
• Emerson, B.C.; Wallis, G.P. 1995: Phylogenetic relationships of the Prodontria (Coleoptera; Scarabaeidae; subfamily Melolonthinae), derived from sequence variation in the mitochondrial Cytochrome Oxidase II gene. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 4: 433–447.
• Given, B.B. 1952: A revision of the Melolonthinae of New Zealand. Part 1: the adult beetles. New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research bulletin, 102: 1–137.
• Vink, C.J., Evans, A.M., Phillips, C.B., Murdoch, T.C. & Tubbs, M.B. 2003. Molecular phylogenetic analysis supports the synonymy of Prodontria modesta (Broun) and Prodontria bicolorata Given (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). Journal of Insect Conservation 7(4): 215-221. DOI: 10.1023/B:JICO.0000021011.23585.d7 . Reference page.