Epirinus arrowi

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: Scarabaeinae
Tribus: Canthonini
Genus: Epirinus
Species: Epirinus arrowi

Name

• Epirinus arrowi (Paulian, 1935)
  • Authority for placement: Forgie, 2012: 39 ('The single specimen of Saphobius arrowi Paulian 1935 isn't a Saphobius, but it is a member of the morphologically similar South African endemic genus Epirinus Reiche 1841')
  • Current placement: Saphobius Sharp, 1873, as (provisionally) valid species
  • Gender: unchangeable [patronym]
  • Original genus: Saphobius Sharp, 1873
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated (as 'type') and unique ('un exemplaire ...')
    • Description: [adult female]
    • Repository: MNHN, ex 'collection Boucomont'
  • Type locality: 'Dimbrody' [?=Dambrody, Oudtshoorn div., or Sundays River Valley, South Africa]

Combinations

• Saphobius arrowi

References

Primary references

• Paulian, R. 1935: Essai sur les Canthonides de la région australienne (Col. Lamellicornia). III. Les espèces des sous-régions néo-zélandaise et néo-calédonienne. Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France, 40: 121–125. [first availability, see p. 125]

Additional references

• Forgie, S. 2012: New Zealand’s endemic dung beetles (Coleoptera: Canthonini): what have we got? P. 39 in: [Proceedings of the] 61st conference of the New Zealand Entomological Society Whangarei, New Zealand 17th–20th April, 2012. full proceedings (PDF)