Silvanus lateritius (Broun)

Silvanus lateritius, length about 2.7 mm

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cucujoidea

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: Cucujiformia Superfamilia: Cucujoidea

Familia: Silvanidae
Subfamilia: Silvaninae
Genus: Silvanus
Species: Silvanus lateritius

Name

Silvanus lateritius (Broun, 1880): 222

• Authority for current placement: Halstead, 1973: 71 ('sp. rev.')
  • undisputed by all subsequent authorities, previously considered to be a synonym of Silvanus bidentatus; Lefkovitch (1961: 143) also expressed doubts over the synonymy
• Original genus: Cryptamorpha Wollaston, 1854
• Original status: valid species
• Primary type: lectotype
  • Fixation: designated by Halstead (1973: 73)
  • Description: [adult]
  • Repository: BMNH
• Type locality: 'Tairua'

References

Primary references

• Broun, T. 1880. Manual of the New Zealand Coleoptera. Part 1. Pp. 1–651. Colonial Museum and Geological Survey Department, Wellington. BHL Reference page. 
• Halstead, D.G.H. 1973. A revision of the genus Silvanus Latreille (s.l.) (Coleoptera: Silvanidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology 29(2): 37–112. BHL Reference page. 
• Lefkovitch, L.P. 1961. Notes on New Zealand Cucujidae and Silvanidae (Coleoptera). Entomologist's monthly magazine 97: 143–144. Reference page. 
• Walker, J.J. 1912: Silvanus bidentatus, Fab., in New Zealand: synonymical note. Entomologist's monthly magazine, 48: 90. BHL BUGZ

Additional references

• Macfarlane, R.P., Maddison, P.A., Andrew, I.G., Berry, J.A., Johns, P.M., Hoare, R.J.B., Larivière, M.-C., Greenslade, P., Henderson, R.C., Smithers, C.N., Palma, R.L., Ward, J.B., Pilgrim, R.L.C., Towns, D.R., McLellan, I., Teulon, D.A.J., Hitchings, T.R., Eastop, V.F., Martin, N.A., Fletcher, M.J., Stufkens, M.A.W., Dale, P.J., Burckhardt, D., Buckley, T.R. & Trewick, S.A. 2010. Phylum Arthropoda subphylum Hexapoda: Protura, springtails, Diplura, and insects. Pp. 233–467 in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) 2010. New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume 2. Kingdom Animalia. Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand. Reference page.  PDF. Reference page.  [424, listed]

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