Geodorcus auriculatus

Geodorcus auriculatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scarabaeoidea

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: Scarabaeoidea

Familia: Lucanidae
Subfamilia: Lucaninae
Genus: Geodorcus
Species: Geodorcus auriculatus

Name

Geodorcus auriculatus (Broun, 1903: 615)

• Original genus: Lissotes Westwood, 1855
• Original status: valid species
• Primary type: lectotype
  • Fixation: designated by Holloway, 2007: 82
  • Type kind: [adult] male
  • Repository: BMNH
• Type locality: 'Thames' [NEW ZEALAND CL]
• ZooBank: [No record]

References

• Bowie, M., Mountier, C., Boyer, S. & Dickinson, N. 2012. Baseline survey for the Punakaiki Coastal Restoration Project. Lincoln University Wildlife Management Report No. 50. hdl: 10182/4834 . Reference page.  [See p. 45, dubious record from South Island which is highly discordant with all other sources, and yet was made without comment!]
• Holloway, B.A. 2007. Lucanidae (Insecta: Coleoptera). Fauna of New Zealand, (61) ISBN 978-0-478-09395-7. Online. Reference page.  [See p. 81, and figs. 82, 83, 132, 133, 416-427, 642, 643, 707. Map 22]

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