Corticaria formicaephila

Corticaria formicaephila group (male)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Coccinelloidea

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: Coccinelloidea

Familia: Latridiidae
Subfamilia: Corticariinae
Genus: Corticaria
Species: Corticaria formicaephila

Name

• Corticaria formicaephila (Broun, 1893)
  • Authority for current combination: Watt, 1969: 63 ('comb. nov.'), and again by Rücker, 2008: 25 ('comb. nov.')
  • Original combination: Diarthrocera formicaephila
  • Primary type: lectotype
    • Fixation: designated by Rücker (2008: 25–26)
    • Description: [adult] male
    • Repository: BMNH
  • Type locality: 'Ashburton' - Broun (1893: 1348), 'Canterbury' (label of lectotype)
  • Secondary type: paralectotype
    • Fixation: designated by Rücker (2008: 25–26)
    • Description: [adult] male
    • Repository: BMNH

Synonyms

• Corticaria melasoma Broun, 1910
  • Authority for synonymy: Watt, 1969: 63 ('n. syn.')
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: unique
    • Description: adult
    • Repository: BMNH
  • Type locality: Mount Maungatua, New Zealand DN

References

• Broun, T. 1893: Manual of the New Zealand Coleoptera. Parts V, VI, VII. New Zealand Institute, Wellington. Internet Archive BHL BUGZ
• Broun, T. 1910: Descriptions of new genera and species of Coleoptera. New Zealand Institute bulletin, (1): 1–78. Internet Archive BHL BUGZ
• Forgie, S.A., St John, M.G. & Wiser, S.K. 2013. Invertebrate communities and drivers of their composition on gravel beaches in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 37(1): 95–104. PDF. Reference page. 
• Reike, H.-P. 2010. The Corticaria-formicaephila group from New Zealand (Coleoptera: Latridiidae: Corticariinae). New Zealand Entomologist 33(1): 19–29. DOI: 10.1080/00779962.2010.9722188 . Reference page. 
• Rücker, W.H. 2008: Typenstudium von Diarthrocera formicaephila Broun, 1893 aus New Zealand (Coleoptera: Latridiidae). Latridiidae, 6: 25–26.
• Watt, J.C. 1969: Keys to genera and some species of New Zealand Lathridiidae (Coleoptera). New Zealand entomologist, 4(2): 49–67. PDF BUGZ