Acrotrichis insularis

Acrotrichis insularis (spermatheca)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Staphylinoidea

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: Staphyliniformia Superfamilia: Staphylinoidea

Familia: Ptiliidae
Subfamilia: Acrotrichinae
Tribus: Acrotrichini
Genus: Acrotrichis
Species: Acrotrichis insularis
Synonyms (1): A. subantarctica

Name

• Acrotrichis insularis (Mäklin in Mannerheim, 1852)
  • Authority for placement: Johnson, 1966
  • Gender: changeable (-is, -e, -is)
  • Original genus: Trichopteryx Kirby in Kirby & Spence, 1826
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: lectotype
    • Fixation: designated by Sundt, 1968: 76
    • Description: [adult] female with dissected spermatheca
    • Repository: FMNHH
  • Type locality: [the island of Sitka on the west coast of Alaska]
  • ZooBank: [1] [no record]

Combinations

• Trichopteryx insularis: original combination

References

Primary references

• Mannerheim, C.G. von 1852: Zweiter Nachtrag zur Kaferfauna der Nord-Amerikanischen Lander des Russischen Reiches. Bulletin de la Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou, 25 : [283]-387. BHL [first availability, see p. 339]
• Sundt, E. 1968: Acrotrichis insularis (Maklin, 1852) (Col., Ptiliidae): designation of lectotype and redescription. Norwegian journal of entomology 15(1): 75-77. full issue (PDF) Reference page.  [lectotype designation, see p. 76, and fig. 1]

Additional references

• Johnson, C. 1966. Two species of Acrotrichis new to Britain (Col., Ptiliidae). Entomologist 99: 152–154. Reference page. 
• Johnson, C.1975. Five species of Ptiliidae (Col.) new to Britain, and corrections to the British list of the family. Entomologist's gazette 26: 211–223. Reference page.  [see p. 221]
• Sörensson, M. 2003. New records of featherwing beetles (Coleoptera: Ptiliidae) in North America. The Coleopterists Bulletin 57(4): 369–381. DOI: 10.1649/564 JSTOR Reference page. 

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