Stizocephalus brevirostris

Stizocephalus brevirostris (length about 3 mm)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lygaeoidea

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: Paraneoptera Superordo: Condylognatha Ordo: Hemiptera Subordo: Heteroptera Infraordo: Pentatomomorpha Superfamilia: Lygaeoidea

Familia: Rhyparochromidae
Subfamilia: Rhyparochrominae
Tribus: Rhyparochromini
Genus: Stizocephalus
Species: Stizocephalus brevirostris

Name

Stizocephalus brevirostris Eyles, 1970

• Original genus: Stizocephalus Eyles, 1970
• Original status: valid species
• Primary type: Holotype
  • Fixation: Designated and unique ('Described from a single female')
  • Description: [Adult] female
  • Repository: NZAC (as 'Entomology Division collection, D.S.I.R., New Zealand')
• Type locality: 'Summit, Altimarlock Peak, Black Birch, Marlborough, 1690 m'

References

• Eyles, A.C. 1970: An endemic genus of Rhyparochromini (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae) from New Zealand. New Zealand journal of science 13: 500–504. full article on BUGZ Reference page. 
• Scudder, G.G.E. 1975. The genus Stizocephalus Eyles (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae) in Australia. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 14(1): 89–95. DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1975.tb02007.x Reference page. 

Links

• ZooBank: F5A5D4D5-C45A-4A60-B07C-715E66A9FB1E
• Larivière, Marie-Claude; Rhode, Birgit E. 2002 (and updates): Virtual collection of primary types of New Zealand Hemiptera (excluding Sternorrhyncha). The New Zealand Hemiptera Website, NZHW 01. http://hemiptera.landcareresearch.co.nz (ISSN 1179-3236; NZHW 01)

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