Taphropiestes watti

Taphropiestes watti, length about 2.9 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: Cavognathidae
Genus: Taphropiestes
Species: Taphropiestes watti

Name

Taphropiestes watti Slipinski & Tomaszewska, 2010

• Original genus: Taphropiestes Reitter, 1875
• Original status: valid species
• Primary type: holotype
  • Fixation: designated
  • Description: [adult] male
  • Repository: NZAC
• Type locality: 'New Zealand, ND, Hen and Chicken Is, Hen I' [NEW ZEALAND ND]
• ZooBank: C1401EA2-C52B-49E6-98F2-F0CD0CF2D3A7

References

• Ślipiński, A. & Tomaszewska, W. 2010. Revision of the family Cavognathidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea). Australian journal of entomology 49(3): 256–267. DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.2010.00762.x . PDF. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Watt, J.C. 1986: Beetles (Coleoptera) of the offshore islands of northern New Zealand. pp. 221–228 in Wright, A.E.; Beever, R.E. (eds.) The offshore islands of northern New Zealand. Information series, (16) [See p. 224]