Aphtora

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: incertae sedis
Genus: Aphtora
Species: A. rufipes

Name

Aphtora Bates, 1872

Synonyms

• Aphtora Bates, 1872
  • Apthora: [incorrect subsequent spelling]

Type species

• Aphtora rufipes Bates, 1872, by monotypy

References

cited sources

• Bates, F. 1872: Descriptions of new genera and species of Tenebrionidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1872: 265–280. Internet Archive BHL

Additional references

• Kergoat, G.J., Soldati, L., Clamens, A.-L., Jourdan, H., Jabbour-Zahab, R., Genson, G., Bouchard, P. & Condamine, F.L. 2014. Higher level molecular phylogeny of darkling beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Systematic Entomology 39(3): 486–499. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12065 Reference page. 
• Matthews, E.G. 2003: Ulomotypus Broun a member of the new subfamily Palorinae, with remarks on Aphtora Bates and Demtrius Broun (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae). New Zealand entomologist, 26: 7–14. ISSN: 0077-9962
• Watt, J.C. 1992: Tenebrionidae (Insecta: Coleoptera): catalogue of types and keys to taxa. Fauna of New Zealand, (26)