Ditropidus compactus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chrysomeloidea

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 Cladus: Phytophaga Superfamilia: Chrysomeloidea

Familia: Chrysomelidae
Subfamilia: Cryptocephalinae
Tribus: Cryptocephalini
Subtribus: Monachulina
Genus: Ditropidus
Species: Ditropidus compactus

Name

Ditropidus compactus (Sharp, 1881)

Holotype: BMNH. Scaphodius compactus Type D.S., New Zealand, Thurnay (ink) [white cardboard] / Type H.T. [round label, white with red boarder] / Sharp Coll. 1905 – 131. / Ditropidus compactus (Sharp), det. M. Schöller 2008 [white].

Type locality: New Zealand [probably in error for Australia]

Synonymy

• Scaphodius compactus Sharp, 1881: 50
• Ditropidus compactus: Schöller, 2009: 788 ('comb.nov.')

References

Primary references

• Schöller, M. 2009. Revision of the New Caledonian genus Scaphodius Chapuis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae). Linzer Biologische Beiträge 41(1): 767–801. PDF. Reference page. 
• Sharp, D. 1881. Some new species and genera of Coleoptera from New Zealand. Entomologist's monthly magazine 18: 46–51. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Reid, C.A.M. & Beatson, M. 2013. Chrysomelid males with enlarged mandibles: three new species and a review of occurrence in the family (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Zootaxa 3619(1): 79–100. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3619.1.6 . Reference page. 
• Reid, C. & Leschen, R. 2004. New Zealand Chrysomelidae. Chrysomela newsletter, 43: 7–8. PDF.