Bitoma insularis

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: Zopheridae
Subfamilia: Colydiinae
Tribus: Synchitini
Genus: Bitoma
Species: Bitoma insularis

Name

Bitoma insularis White, 1846: 18

• Original genus: Bitoma Herbst, 1793
• Original status: valid species
• Primary type: lectotype
  • Fixation: designated by Lord & Leschen, 2014: 16 ('here designated')
  • Description: [adult] left specimen of two on same card
  • Repository: BMNH
• Type locality: 'New Zealand (Port Nicholson)' [NEW ZEALAND WN]
• ZooBank: [1]

References

• Lord, N.P. & Leschen, R.A.B. 2014. Illustrated catalogue and type designations of the New Zealand Zopheridae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea). Zootaxa 3809(1): 1–127. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3809.1.1 Reference page.  [See p. 16, and figs. 59-61]