Platolenes zelandicus

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: Tenebrionidae
Subfamilia: Tenebrioninae
Tribus: Amarygmini
Genus: Platolenes
Species: Platolenes hydrophiloides
Synonym: Platolenes zelandicus

Name

• Platolenes zelandicus (Bates, 1874)
  • Authority for current placement: Watt, 1989: 115 ('syn. n.')
    • undisputed by all subsequent authorities
  • Original combination: Amarygmus zelandicus
  • Original genus: Amarygmus
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: unique ('One example')
    • Description: [adult]
    • Repository: BMNH
  • Type locality: 'New Zealand' [in error for Fiji?]

References

Primary references

• Bates, F. 1874: Descriptions of new genera and species of Heteromera, chiefly from New Zealand and New Caledonia, together with a revision of the genus Hypaulax and a description of an allied new genus from Colombia (concluded from p. 24). Annals and magazine of natural history (4), 13 (74): 102–114. DOI: 10.1080/00222937408680820 BHL [112, original description]

Additional references

• Watt, J.C. 1989: The identity of two Fabrician species of Amarygmini (Coleoptera. Tenebrionidae) from Australia with a key to species groups and some species of Chalcopteroides Strand. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society, 28 (2): 115–123. DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1989.tb01207.x PDF