Rhantus suturalis

Rhantus suturalis

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: Colymbetinae
Tribus: Colymbetini
Genus: Rhantus
Species: Rhantus suturalis

Name

Rhantus suturalis (MacLeay, 1825)

Synonyms

• Colymbetes suturalis MacLeay, 1825
  • Rhantus suturalis (MacLeay, 1825)
• Colymbetes pulverosus Stephens, 1828
  • Rhantus pulverosus (Stephens, 1828)

Type data

• suturalis MacLeay: Lectotype, designated by Balke (1993: 60): BMNH
  • Type kind: male
  • Type locality: Java
  • Paralectotypes: none designated

Primary references

• Balke, M. 1993: Taxonomische Revision der pazifischen, australischen und indonesischen Arten der Gattung Rhantus Dejean, 1833 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Koleopterologische rundschau 63: 39–84. [in German, with English abstract] Reference page.  [lectotype designation, see p. 60]

References

• Balke, M.; Ribera, I.; Miller, M.; Hendrich, L.; Sagata, K.; Posman, A.; Vogler, A.P.; Meier, R. 2009: New Guinea highland origin of a widespread arthropod supertramp. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London (B), 276: 2359–2367. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.0015
• Ewers, R.M.; Thorpe, S.; Didham, R.K. 2007: Synergistic interactions between edge and area effects in a heavily fragmented landscape. Ecology, 88: 96–106. DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2007)88[96:SIBEAA]2.0.CO;2 JSTOR Appendix C
• Winterbourn, M.J.; Gregson, K.L.D.; Dolphin, C.H. 2006: Guide to the aquatic insects of New Zealand. Fourth edition. Bulletin of the Entomological Society of New Zealand, (14) ISBN 978-0-9597663-7-0 ISBN 0-9597663-7-5