Saprinus cyaneus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Histeroidea

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: Histeroidea

Familia: Histeridae
Subfamilia: Saprininae
Genus: Saprinus
Subgenus: Saprinus (Saprinus)
Species: Saprinus cyaneus

Name

Saprinus cyaneus (Fabricius, 1775)

Synonyms

• Hister cyaneus Fabricius, 1775
  • Saprinus cyaneus (Fabricius, 1775)
• Saprinus pseudocyaneus White, 1846 [syn. Dahlgren (1968)]

Type data

• cyaneus Fabricius: Type locality: 'nova Hollandia [=Australia]' (Fabricius, 1775: 52)
• pseudocyaneus White: Type locality: 'New Zealand' [in error for Australia]

References

cited sources

• Dahlgren, G. 1968: Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Gattung Saprinus (Col. Histeridae) 3. Entomologisk tidskrift, 89: 255–268.
• Fabricius, J.C. 1775: Systema Entomologiae, sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species... Flensburgh and Leipzig, Library Kortii. Internet Archive BHL
• White, A. 1846: Insects of New Zealand. Pp. 1-27, plates 1-7 in: Richardson, J.; Gray, J.E. (eds) The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Erebus & Terror, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross, R.N., F.R.S., during the years 1839 to 1843. Vol. II. Reptiles, fishes, Crustacea, insects, Mollusca. London: E.W. Janson. Internet Archive BHL

Additional references

• Kuschel, G. 1987: A New Zealand histerid beetle of Fabricius mistakenly described from Australia (Coleoptera: Histeridae). New Zealand entomologist, 9: 56–57.