Lepanus mirabilis

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: Scarabaeinae
Tribus: Canthonini
Genus: Lepanus
Species: Lepanus mirabilis

Name

Lepanus mirabilis (Paulian, 1985)

Type locality: Papua New Guinea, 8km. SW Nadro, 650m. Ofi Creek, O. Kukal.

Holotype: CMNC. male ♂. 15–18.VIII.1976. legit H. & A. Howden. CMNEN 00011782.

Synonyms

• Oficanthon mirabilis Paulian 1985: 228 (original combination)
• Lepanus mirabilis (Paulian): Gunter, Saxton & Weir, 2022: 576

References

Primary references

• Paulian, R. 1985. Les Coléoptères Scarabaeidae Canthonines de Nouvelle-Guinée. Annales de la Société entomologique de France (n.s.) 21(2): 219–238, 35 figs. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Gunter, N.L., Saxton, N.A. & Weir, T.A. 2022. Oficanthon Paulian, 1985, a junior synonym of Lepanus Balthasar, 1966 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae), with redescription of Lepanus mirabilis (Paulian, 1985). Zootaxa 5194(4): 575–584. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5194.4.6. . Reference page.