Techmessodes versicolor

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tenebrionoidea

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: Tenebrionoidea

Familia: Pyrochroidae
Subfamilia: Pilipalpinae
Genus: Techmessodes
Species: Techmessodes versicolor

Name

Techmessodes versicolor Broun, 1893

Lectotype female, designated by Watt (1987: 126): BMNH. Paralectotypes: 1 female (BMNH).

Type locality: Waitakere Ranges, North Island, New Zealand.

Synonymy

• Techmessodes cephalotes Broun, 1910 [syn. Watt (1987: 126)]

Lectotype male, designated by Watt (1987: 126): BMNH. Paralectotypes: 1 male (BMNH).

Type locality: Waitakere Ranges, North Island, New Zealand.

References

• Pollock, D.A. 1995: Classification, reconstructed phylogeny and geographical history of genera of Pilipalpinae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea: Pyrochroidae). Invertebrate taxonomy, 9: 563–708.
• Watt, J.C. 1987: The family and subfamily classification and New Zealand genera of Pythidae and Scraptiidae (Coleoptera). Systematic entomology, 12: 111–136.