Stethaspis suturalis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scarabaeoidea
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: Staphyliniformia Superfamilia: Scarabaeoidea

Stethaspis suturalis (Fabricius, 1775)
- Original combination: Melolontha suturalis [placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology by Melville (1983), with the Name Number 2848] [source: Melville (1983: 37)]
- Other combinations: Chlorochiton suturalis

chlorophyllus Boisduval: Type locality: 'Nouvelle-Zélande [New Zealand]' (Boisduval, 1835: 190)
laevis Arrow: Type locality: Mount Hope, New Zealand NN
suturalis Fabricius: Type locality: 'nova Zelandia [New Zealand]' (Fabricius, 1775: 34)

Arrow, G.J. 1924: On the Stethaspis group of melolonthid Coleoptera. Annals and magazine of natural history (9), 13: 546–553. BUGZ
Boisduval, J.A. 1835: Internet Archive BHL
Fabricius, J.C. 1775: Systema Entomologiae, sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species... Flensburgh and Leipzig, Library Kortii. Internet Archive BHL
Melville, R.V. 1983: OPINION 1244. STETHASPIS HOPE, 1837 (COLEOPTERA, SCARABAEIDAE): DESIGNATION OF TYPE SPECIES. Bulletin of zoological nomenclature, 40: 37–38. ISSN: 0007-5167 Internet Archive BHL BioStor

Given, B.B. 1952: A revision of the Melolonthinae of New Zealand. Part 1: the adult beetles. New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research bulletin, 102: 1–137. BUGZ
Hoy, J.M.; Given, B.B. 1952: A revision of the Melolonthinae of New Zealand. Part II: the final instar larvae. New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research bulletin, 102: 138–172. BUGZ
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.
Watt, J.C. 1984: A review of some New Zealand Scarabaeidae (Coleoptera). New Zealand entomologist, 8: 4–24.
White, A. 1846: Insects of New Zealand. Pp. 1-27, plates 1-7 in: Richardson, J.; Gray, J.E. (eds) The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Erebus & Terror, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross, R.N., F.R.S., during the years 1839 to 1843. Vol. II. Reptiles, fishes, Crustacea, insects, Mollusca. London: E.W. Janson. Internet Archive BHL
White, A.; Doubleday, E. 1843: List of the annulose animals hitherto recorded as found in New Zealand, with the descriptions of some new species. Pp. 265-291 in Dieffenbach, E.: Travels in New Zealand; with contributions to the geography, geology, botany, and natural history of that country. Volume 2. John Murray, London, England. Internet Archive BHL

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