Amphizoa lecontei

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: Amphizoidae
Genus: Amphizoa
Species: Amphizoa lecontei

Name

Amphizoa lecontei Matthews, 1872

Lectotype: BMNH, ♂. (designated by Kavanaugh, 1980)

Type locality: Vancouver Island, British Columbia. [Note: This is a doubtful record according to Kavanaugh, 1986.]

Synonyms

• Amphizoa planata Van Dyke, 1927: 98 [syn.: Van Dyke, 1927: 197]
  • Holotype: CAS, ♀.
  • Type locality: Beaver Creek, Alberta.
• Amphizoa carinata Edwards, 1951: 326 [syn.: Kavanaugh (1986: 75–76)]
  • Holotype: CAS, ♂.
  • Type locality: Conejos River near Menkhaven, Conejos County, Colorado.

References

Primary references

• Edwards, J.G. 1951. Amphizoidae (Coleoptera) of the world. The Wasmann Journal of Biology 8(3): 303–332. PDF.
• Matthews, A. 1872. Descriptions of two new species of Amphizoa discovered in Vancouver's Islands by Mr. Joseph Beauchamp Matthews. Cistula entomologica 1: 119–122. BHL Reference page. 
• Kavanaugh, D.H. 1980. On type specimens of Amphizoa LeConte (Coleoptera: Amphizoidae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist 56: 289–292. PDF
• Kavanaugh, D.H. 1986. A systematic review of amphizoid beetles (Amphizoidae: Coleoptera) and their phylogenetic relationships to other Adephaga. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 44(6): 67–109. PDF
• Van Dyke, E.C. 1927. A new species of Amphizoa (Coleoptera). Pan-Pacific Entomologist 3(3): 97–98. BHL.
• Van Dyke, E.C. 1927. The species of Amphizoa (Coleoptera). Pan-Pacific Entomologist 3(4): 197–198. BHL.