Asilis nigricans

Asilis nigricans (male)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elateroidea

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: Elateriformia Superfamilia: Elateroidea

Familia: Cantharidae
Subfamilia: Dysmorphocerinae
Genus: Asilis
Subgenus: Asilis (Heterasilis)
Species: Asilis nigricans

Name

• Asilis nigricans (Broun, 1880)
  • Authority for current placement: Wittmer, 1979: 292
    • undisputed by all subsequent authorities
  • Original genus: Aclytia Broun, 1880
  • Primary type: holotype?
    • Fixation: unique?
    • Description: [adult] male
    • Repository: BMNH
  • Type locality: 'Tairua'

Synonyms

• Asilis granipennis Broun, 1909
  • Authority for current placement: Wittmer, 1979: 292 ('n. syn.')
    • undisputed by all subsequent authorities
  • Primary type: lectotype
    • Fixation: designated by Wittmer (1979: 292)
    • Description: [adult] male
    • Repository: BMNH
  • Type locality: 'Kaitoke'
• Asilis egmontensis Broun, 1910
  • Authority for current placement: Wittmer, 1979: 292 ('n. syn.')
    • undisputed by all subsequent authorities
  • Primary type: lectotype
    • Fixation: designated by Wittmer (1979: 292)
    • Description: [adult] male
    • Repository: BMNH
  • Type locality: 'Mount Egmont'

References

• Broun, T. 1880: Manual of the New Zealand Coleoptera. Colonial Museum and Geological Survey Department, Wellington. BHL BUGZ Internet Archive
• Broun, T. 1909: Descriptions of new genera and species of New Zealand Coleoptera. Annals and magazine of natural history (8), 3: 223–233, 385-415. BHL BUGZ Internet Archive
• Broun, T. 1910: Descriptions of new genera and species of Coleoptera. New Zealand Institute bulletin, (1): 1–78. BHL BUGZ Internet Archive
• Wittmer, W. 1979: Zur Kenntnis der Cantharidae (Col.) Neuseelands. Entomologica basiliensia 4: 275-325. Reference page