Asklepia pulchripennis

Asklepia pulchripennis

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: Harpalinae
Supertribus: Lebiitae
Tribus: Lachnophorini
Genus: Asklepia
Species: Asklepia pulchripennis

Name

• Asklepia pulchripennis (Bates, 1871: 79) [original comb. Eucaerus pulchripennis; trans. to Asklepia Erwin & Zamorano, 2014: 76]

Lectotype: MNHP ADP132531, ♀, (H.W. Bates).

Type locality: BRAZIL: Pará, Santarém, Rio Tapajos, 2.4079° S, 54.7969° W, 30 m.

References

• Bates H.W., 1871: Notes on Carabidae, and descriptions of new species (No. 7). Entomologist's monthly magazine, 8: 77–81. [original description: p. 79]
• Erwin, T.L. & Zamorano, L.S. 2014. A synopsis of the tribe Lachnophorini, with a new genus of Neotropical distribution and a revision of the Neotropical genus Asklepia Liebke, 1938 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Carabidae). ZooKeys 430: 1–108. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.430.8094 Reference page.  [diagnosis, description, distribution, comb. n.: 76, figs. 50, 78]

Vernacular names

English: Beautiful pattern-wing beetle