Eutaphroptinus natalensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Bostrichoidea

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: Bostrichiformia Superfamilia: Bostrichoidea

Familia: Ptinidae
Genus: Eutaphroptinus
Species: Eutaphroptinus natalensis

Name

Eutaphroptinus natalensis Borowski, 2009

Type locality: Natal: Kloof. 1500ft, S. Africa.

Holotype: BMNH. male ♂. VIII.1926. legit R.E. Turner. Brit. Mus. 1926-350.

Synonymy

• Eutaphroptinus pseudonatalensis Borowski, 2009 (synonymized by Gearner, Philips & Neidlinger, 2019: 33)
  • Type locality: Port St. John, Pondoland, S. Africa.
    • Holotype: BMNH. male ♂. 10-31.VII.1923. legit R.E. Turner. Brit. Mus. 1923-398.

References

Primary references

• Borowski, J. 2009. The spider beetles of the continental Africa (Coleoptera: Ptinidae). Part III. Eutaphroptinus gen. n. from South Africa with description of two new species belonging to the new genus. Studies and reports of District Museum Prague-East Taxonomical Series 5(1-2): 11-16. Full article (PDF).Reference page. 

Additional references

• Gearner, O.M., Philips, T.K. & Neidlinger, R.H.. 2019. A revision of the spider beetle genus Eutaphroptinus Borowski (Coleoptera: Ptinidae). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 162(1): 33-39. DOI: 10.1163/22119434-20192083 . Reference page.