Enochrus maculiceps

Taxonavigation

Enochrus maculiceps, male from New Zealand (length about 3 mm)

Taxonavigation: Hydrophiloidea

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: Hydrophiloidea

Familia: Hydrophilidae
Subfamilia: Acidocerinae
Genus: Enochrus
Subgenus: Methydrus
Species: Enochrus maculiceps

Name

• Enochrus maculiceps (Macleay, 1871)
  • Original combination: Philhydrus maculiceps
  • Primary type: lectotype
    • Fixation: designated by Watts (1998: 151)

Synonyms

• Philhydrus artensis Fauvel, 1883
  • Authority for synonymy: Watts, 1998: 151 ('syn. nov.')
• Philhydrus laevigatus Blackburn, 1888
  • Authority for synonymy: Watts, 1998: 151 ('syn. nov.')
• Enochrus bryani d'Orchymont, 1927
  • Authority for synonymy: Watts, 1998: 151 ('syn. nov.')

References

• Anderson, J.M.E. 1976: Aquatic Hydrophilidae (Coleoptera). The biology of some Australian species with descriptions of immature stages reared in the laboratory. Australian journal of entomology, 15 (2): 219–228. DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1976.tb01696.x
• Blackburn, T. 1888: Notes on Australian Coleoptera with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales (2), 3: 805–875.
• Fauvel, A. 1883: Les Coléoptères de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et dépendances, avec descriptions, notes et synonymies nouvelles. Revue d'entomologie, 2: 335–360.
• Macleay, W.J. 1871: Notes on a collection of insects from Gayndah. Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales, 2: 79–205.
• Orchymont, A. d' 1927: Hydrophilidae. pp. 29–34 in Insects of Samoa, and other Samoan Terrestrial Arthropoda. London: British Museum (Natural History) Vol. 4 (Coleoptera) [19/Dec/1927]
• Orchymont, A. d' 1937: Check list of the Palpicornia of Oceania (Coleoptera, Polyphaga). Occasional papers of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum, 13 (13): 147–160. PDF
• Pinder, A.M.; Halse, S.A.; Shiel, R.J.; McRae, J.M. 2000: Granite outcrop pools in south-western Australia: foci of diversification and refugia for aquatic invertebrates. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia, 83: 149–161. PDF
• Short, A.E.Z. 2010: Hydrophilidae: Review of the subtribe Acidocerina of the Southwest Pacific islands (Coleoptera). pp. 297–318 in: Jäch, M.A. & Balke, M. (eds.): Water beetles of New Caledonia (part 1). Monographs on Coleoptera, 3 . ISSN: 1027-8869
• Watts, C.H.S. 1998: Revision of Australian Enochrus Thomson (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae). Records of the South Australian Museum, 30 (2): 137–156. PDF

Unpublished theses/reports

• Bassett, I.E. 2008: Ecology and Management of Alligator Weed, Alternanthera philoxeroides A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Biology, The University of Auckland.

Links

• Australian Faunal Directory
• Species-ID