Heteronyx pumilus

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: Scarabaeidae
Subfamilia: Melolonthinae
Tribus: Heteronychini
Genus: Heteronyx
Species: Heteronyx pumilus

Name

• Heteronyx pumilus Sharp, 1877
  • Primary type: holotype (unique) [source: Sharp (1877: 192–193)]: MNHN [source: Britton (2000: 539)]
  • Type locality: New Zealand [source: Sharp (1877: 192–193)] [IN ERROR FOR AUSTRALIA]

Synonyms

• Heteronyx brevicornis Blackburn, 1889 [synonymised by Britton, 2000: 539 ('syn. nov.')] [source: Britton (2000: 539)]

References

cited sources

• Sharp, D. 1877: Descriptions of a new genus and some new species of New Zealand Coleoptera. Entomologist's monthly magazine, 13: 190–196. Internet Archive BHL BUGZ
• Britton, E.B. 2000: A review of Heteronyx Guérin-Méneville (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). Invertebrate taxonomy, 14: 465–589. DOI: 10.1071/IT98009