Typhlodessus monteithi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Adephaga

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: Adephaga

Familia: Dytiscidae
Subfamilia: Hydroporinae
Genus: Typhlodessus
Species: Typhlodessus monteithi

Name

• Typhlodessus monteithi Brancucci, 1985
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated and presumably unique
    • Description: adult male
    • Repository: QMB
  • Type locality: 'New Caledonia, Mt. Panié, 20°35'S, 164°47'E, rain forest, 1300-1600 m'

References

• Brancucci, M. 1985: Typhlodessus monteithi n. gen., n. sp., a blind terrestrial Dytiscidae (Coleoptera) from New Caledonia. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 58: 467–470.
• Brancucci, M.; Hendrich, L. 2010: Dytiscidae: Typhlodessus monteithi BRANCUCCI, 1985, redescription and notes on habitat and sampling circumstances (Coleoptera). Pp. 163-170 in: Jäch, M.A. & Balke, M. (eds.): Water beetles of New Caledonia (part 1). Monographs on Coleoptera, 3 [not seen]