Costelytra brookesi

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
Genus: Costelytra
Species: Costelytra brookesi

Name

Costelytra brookesi Given, 1966: 377

• Original genus: Costelytra Given, 1952
• Original status: valid species
• Primary type: holotype
  • Fixation: designated and presumably unique
  • Description: [adult] male
  • Repository: NZAC ('In the A. E. Brookes collection, Entomology Division, D.S.I.R.')
• Type locality: 'Mt Albert, Auckland' [NEW ZEALAND AK]
• Alternative original spelling: Costelytra brooksei [once only, description heading]
• ZooBank: 47292BC2-3006-4BE2-B372-D2D97F097AEE

References

• Given, B.B. 1966. The genus Costelytra Given (Melolonthinae: Coleoptera) including descriptions of four new species. New Zealand Journal of Science 9(2): 373–390. Full article on BUGZ Reference page.  [See p. 377, and figs. 1, 17, 33, 54, 75, 87, 94]