Cryptothelypterus selkirki

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cucujoidea

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: Cucujoidea

Familia: Cryptophagidae
Subfamilia: Cryptophaginae
Tribus: Picrotini
Genus: Cryptothelypterus
Species: Cryptothelypterus atomaroides
Synonym: Cryptothelypterus selkirki

Name

• Cryptothelypterus selkirki (Bruce, 1940)
  • Authority for current placement: Leschen & Gimmel, 2012: 20 ('New synonymy')
  • Original combination: Cryptophagus selkirki
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated
    • Description: [adult male]
    • Repository: NHRM
  • Type locality: 'Masatierra'

References

Primary references

• Bruce, N. 1940: Coleoptera-Cryptophagidae von Juan Fernandez. Pp. 681-688 in Skottsberg, C. (ed.) The Natural History of Juan Fernandez and Easter Island, 3 (zoology). Almquist & Wiksells, Uppsala. BHL [first availability, see p. 686]

Additional references

• Leschen, R.A.B. & Gimmel, M.L. 2012. Catalogue of the tribe Picrotini (Coleoptera: Cryptophagidae: Cryptophaginae). New Zealand Entomologist 35(1): 14–28. DOI: 10.1080/00779962.2012.649705 Reference page. 
• Leschen, R.A.B.; Lawrence, J.F. 1991: Fern sporophagy in Coleoptera from the Juan Fernandez Islands, Chile, with description of two new genera in Cryptophagidae and Mycetophagidae. Systematic entomology, 16(3): 329–352.