Stethaspis pulchra

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

Familia: Scarabaeidae
Subfamilia: Melolonthinae
Tribus: Stethaspini
Genus: Stethaspis
Species: Stethaspis pulchra

Name

Stethaspis pulchra (Broun, 1895)

Synonyms

• Poecilodiscus pulcher Broun, 1895
  • Chlorochiton pulcher (Broun, 1895)
  • Stethaspis pulchra (Broun, 1895) Watt, 1984: 16 ('new combination')

References

cited sources

• Broun, T. 1895: Descriptions of new Coleoptera from New Zealand. Annals and magazine of natural history (6), 15: 67–88; 194-203; 234-245; 405-419. Internet Archive BHL BUGZ
• Watt, J.C. 1984: A review of some New Zealand Scarabaeidae (Coleoptera). New Zealand entomologist, 8: 4–24.

Additional references

• 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. 1958. The final instar larva of Chlorochiton pulcher (Broun) (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). New Zealand Entomologist 2(2): 15–17. DOI: 10.1080/00779962.1958.9722756 Reference page. 
• Lowry, S., Fraser, C., Leader, J. & Hodgkinson, I. 2010(2011?): Colour and polarization signatures of Southland chafer beetles. Weta 40: 23–26. Abstract and full article (PDF). Reference page.