Amblystogenium pacificum

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: Trechodina
Genus: Amblystogenium
Species: Amblystogenium pacificum

Name

• Amblystogenium pacificum (Putzeys, 1869)
  • Original combination: Trechus pacificus

Synonyms

• Amblystogenium murcipenne Enderlein, 1905
• Amblystogenium pacificum dreuxi Jeannel, 1965

Type data

• pacificus Putzeys: Lectotype, designated by Luff (1972: 56): MNHN
  • Type kind: male
  • Type locality: Crozet Islands
  • Paralectotypes (1 female, 1 male): IRSNB, MNHN
• murcipenne Enderlein: Syntypes (3)
  • Type locality: Possession Island, Crozet Islands

References

cited sources

• Enderlein, G. 1905: Die Laufkäfer der Crozet-Inseln, nach dem Material der Deutschen Südpolar-Expedition. 7. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der antarktischen Fauna. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 28: 716–722. Internet Archive BHL
• Luff, M.L. 1972: A new species of Amblystogenium Enderlein (Coleoptera: Carabidae) from the Crozet Islands, with comparative notes on A. pacificum (Putzeys). Journal of entomology (B), 41: 53–58. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1972.tb00027.x

Additional references

• Davies, L. 1972: Two Amblystogenium species (Col. Carabidae) co-existing on the sub-Antarctic Possession Island, Crozet Islands. Entomologica scandinavica, 3: 275–286. DOI: 10.1163/187631272X00157
• Davies, L. 1973: Observations on the distribution of surface-living land arthropods on the Subantarctic Île de la Possession, Îles Crozet. Journal of natural history, 7: 241–253. DOI: 10.1080/00222937300770201
• Davies, L.; Bouvet, S.; Vernon, P. 2007: All-year reproduction and possible thermal melanism in Amblystogenium pacificum (Coleoptera: Carabidae) on the sub-Antarctic Ile de la Possession (Iles Crozet). Polar biology, 30: 253–260. DOI: 10.1007/s00300-006-0240-4
• Pisanu, B. et al. (in press): Introduced black rats Rattus rattus on Ile de la Possession (Iles Crozet, Subantarctic): diet and trophic position in food webs. Polar biology, DOI: 10.1007/s00300-010-0867-z
• Vernon, P.; Caron, F.; Davies, L. 1999: Annual activity of two endemic beetles (Carabidae) at the edge between fell-field and moorland on a sub-Antarctic island. European journal of soil biology, 35: 39–43. DOI: 10.1016/S1164-5563(99)00101-6