Sericospilus

Sericospilus n. sp. "Waitakere" (male), see Species-ID

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: Sericospilus
Species: S. advena – S. aenealis – S. brevis – S. costella – S. cumberi – S. eximia – S. glabrata – S. intermediatus – S. minor – S. obscura – S. ornatus – S. piliventris – S. rossii – S. truncatus

Name

Sericospilus Sharp, 1882: 83

• Type species: Sericospilus advena Sharp, 1882 by monotypy.

Synonymy

• Eusoma White, 1846: 10
  • Type species: Eusoma rossii White, 1846 by monotypy.

References

Additional references

• 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. BUGZ
• Given, B.B. 1953: Notes on Melolonthinae (Coleoptera). 1. (Including description of a new species.) New Zealand entomologist, 1(3): 18–20. PDF
• Given, B.B. 1960: The Melolonthinae (Coleoptera) of New Zealand. Descriptions of new species, notes on types, and catalogue. New Zealand journal of science, 3: 363–381. BUGZ

Links

• Schoolmeesters, P. 2017. Scarabs: World Scarabaeidae Database (version Jul 2016). In: Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds. 2017. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 30th January 2017. Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858. Reference page.  [accessed on March 1, 2017]