Exocelina astrophallus

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: Dytiscidae
Subfamilia: Copelatinae
Genus: Exocelina
Species: Exocelina astrophallus

Name

Exocelina astrophallus (Balke, 1998)

Type locality: Papua New Guinea: Madang Province, 1–3 km SE Brahman.

Synonyms

• Copelatus (Papuadytes) astrophallus Balke, 1998
  • Papuadytes astrophallus (Balke, 1998) Nilsson & Fery, 2006: 56 (N.COMB.)
  • Exocelina astrophallus (Balke, 1998) Nilsson, 2007: 33; Shaverdo, Surbakti, Hendrich & Balke, 2012: fig 27

References

cited sources

• Balke, M. 1998: Revision of New Guinea Copelatus Erichson, 1832 (Insecta: Coleoptera: Dytiscidae): the running water species, part 1. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, 100B: 301–341. ISSN: 0255-0105 PDF
• Nilsson, A.N. 2007: Exocelina Broun, 1886, is the valid name of Papuadytes Balke, 1998. Latissimus, 23: 33–34. ISSN: 0966-2235
• Nilsson, A.N.; Fery, H. 2006: World Catalogue of Dytiscidae – corrections and additions, 3 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Koleopterologische rundschau, 76: 55–74. ISSN: 0075-6547.
• Shaverdo, H.V., Surbakti, S., Hendrich, L. & Balke, M. 2012. Introduction of the Exocelina ekari-group with descriptions of 22 new species from New Guinea (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Copelatinae). ZooKeys 250: 1-76. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.250.3715 Reference page.