Geodorcus helmsi

Geodorcus helmsi (male)

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 helmsi

Name

Geodorcus helmsi (Sharp, 1881: 49)

• Original genus: Lissotes Westwood, 1855
• Original status: valid species
• Primary type: holotype
  • Fixation: [unique]
  • Type kind: [adult] male
  • Repository: BMNH
• Type locality: 'Greymouth' [NEW ZEALAND BR]
• ZooBank: [No record]

Synonymy

• Lissotes acmenus Lewis, 1902: 203
  • Type locality: 'Invercargill' [NEW ZEALAND SL]

• Lissotes aemulus Broun, 1893: 1109
  • Repository: BMNH, ♀.
  • Type locality: 'Boatman's, near Reefton ... Fox's Creek' [NEW ZEALAND BR]

References

• Holloway, B.A. 2007. Lucanidae (Insecta: Coleoptera). Fauna of New Zealand, (61) ISBN 978-0-478-09395-7. Online. Reference page.  [See p. 85, and figs. 2, 24, 36, 49, 53-58, 136, 137, 436-446, 646-648, 709. Map 24]

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