Aepus

Aepus marinus

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: Carabidae
Subfamilia: Trechinae
Supertribus: Trechitae
Tribus: Trechini
Subtribus: Aepina
Genus: Aepus
Species: A. gallaecus – A. gracilicornis – A. marinus

Name

Aepus Leach in Samouelle, 1819: 149

Type species: Aepus fulvescens Leach, 1819 (= Carabus marinus Strøm, 1788) (monotypy)

Synonyms

• Aepys Curtis, 1823
• Aessus Stephens, 1829

References

Primary references

• Leach, W.E. 1819. [new genera]. In: Samouelle G.: The entomologist’s useful compendium; or an introduction to the knowledge of British insects comprising the best means of obtaining and preserving them, and a description of the apparatus generally used; together with the genera of Linné, and the modern method of arranging the classes Crustacea, Myriapoda, spiders, mites and insects from their affinities and structure, according to the views of Dr. Leach. Also an explanation of the terms used in entomology: a calendar of the times of appearance, and usual situations of near 3000 species of British insects; with instructions for collecting and fitting up objects for the microscope. London: Thomas Boys, 496 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Aepus – Taxon details on Biological Library (BioLib).
• Aepus – Taxon details on Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
• ION
• Nomenclator Zoologicus

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