Balcus

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: Cleridae
Subfamilia: Clerinae
Genus: Balcus
Species (1): B. violaceus
In synonymy (2): B. niger – B. signatus

Name

• Balcus Sharp, 1877
  • Type species: Balcus niger Sharp, 1877 [=Notoxus violaceus Fabricius, 1787]
    • Fixation: monotypy

References

Primary references

• Sharp, D. 1877: Descriptions of some new species, and indications of new genera of Coleoptera from New Zealand (Concluded from vol. xiii, page 272.) Entomologist's monthly magazine 14: 7-10. BHL Reference page.  [first availability, see p. 7]

Additional references

• Opitz, W. 2013: Balcus violaceus (Fabricius), senior synonym of Balcus niger Sharp and B. signatus Broun (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Clerinae). Insecta mundi 0284 full article (PDF) Reference page. 
• Radford, W.P.K. 1981. The Fabrician types of the Australian and New Zealand Coleoptera in the Banks Collection at the British Museum (Natural History). Records of the South Australian Museum 18(8): 155–198. BHL. Reference page.