Deleatidium cornutum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Leptophlebioidea

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 Ordo: Ephemeroptera Subordo: Furcatergalia Infraordo Lanceolata Superfamilia: Leptophlebioidea

Familia: Leptophlebiidae
Genus: Deleatidium
Subgenus: Deleatidium (Penniketellus)
Species: Deleatidium cornutum

Name

• Deleatidium cornutum Towns & Peters, 1996
  • Original status: valid species
    • undisputed by all subsequent authorities
  • Original combination: Deleatidium cornutum
    • undisputed by all subsequent authorities
  • Authority for subgeneric placement: original
    • undisputed by all subsequent authorities
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated
    • Description: male subimago
    • Repository: NZAC
  • Type locality: 'MK, stream at base of Tasman Glacier'
  • Secondary type: allotype
    • Fixation: designated
    • Description: female subimago
    • Repository: NZAC
  • Secondary types: paratypes (42)
    • Fixation: designated
    • Description: 5 female subimagos, 1 male subimago, 36 nymphs
    • Repositories: CMNZ (1 male subimago, 7 nymphs), FAMU (7 nymphs), NZAC (5 female subimagos, 22 nymphs)
  • NOTE: the original description is of female subimago, male subimago, nymph, and egg, with the female imago and male imago subsequently described by Hitchings (2008)

References

• Hitchings, T. 2008: A new species of Deleatidium (Penniketellum) and the adult of D. (P.) cornutum Towns and Peters (Ephemeroptera: Leptophlebiidae) from New Zealand. Records of the Canterbury Museum, 22: 31–43. ISSN: 0370-3878 PDF
• Macfarlane, R.P. et al. 2010: [Chapter] NINE Phylum ARTHROPODA SUBPHYLUM HEXAPODA Protura, springtails, Diplura, and insects. Pp. 233-467 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.): New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume 2. Kingdom Animalia. Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand. ISBN 978-1-87725793-3
• Towns, D.R. & Peters, W.L. 1996. Leptophlebiidae (Insecta: Ephemeroptera). Fauna of New Zealand (36) Extract and PDF Reference page.