Arthracanthus Broun

The name of this taxon appears to be invalid under the relevant nomenclatural code, as it may be a junior homonym of Arthracanthus Schmarda, 1852.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cleroidea
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: Cleroidea

Familia: Melyridae
Subfamilia: Dasytinae
Tribus: Danaceini
Genus: Arthracanthus
Species (5): A. atriceps – A. fossicollis – A. foveicollis – A. fulvipes – A. planifrons

Name

Arthracanthus Broun, 1883: 372

Type species: Arthracanthus planifrons Broun, 1883, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

Broun, T. 1883. On the New Zealand Dascyllidae, etc. New Zealand Journal of Science (Dunedin) 1(8): 367–382. BHL Reference page. [first availability, see p. 372]

Additional references

Crosby, T.K. & Larochelle, A. 1994. List of the Coleoptera genera in the New Zealand Arthropod Collection (NZAC). Weta 17(2): 44–69. Online version Reference page.
Leschen, R.A.B.; Lawrence, J.F.; Kuschel, G.; Thorpe, S.; Wang, Q. 2003: Coleoptera genera of New Zealand. New Zealand entomologist, 26: 15–28. ISSN: 0077-9962
Watt, J.C. 1982: Terrestrial arthropods from the Poor Knights Islands, New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 12(3): 283–320. BUGZ Google books [p. 300
Watt, J.C. 1983: Beetles (Coleoptera) of Auckland. Tane, 29: 31–50. PDF BUGZ

Links

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Plonski, I. reference for placement in Danaceinae - see 1.1.1