Loxomerus huttoni

Loxomerus huttoni (female), length about 12.6 mm

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Adephaga

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: Adephaga

Familia: Carabidae
Subfamilia: Migadopinae
Tribus: Migadopini
Genus: Loxomerus
Species: Loxomerus huttoni

Name

• Loxomerus huttoni (Broun in Hutton, 1902)
  • Authority for current combination: Broun, 1909: 94
  • Original combination: Euthenarus huttoni
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: unique
    • Description: adult female [incorrectly originally stated to be male]
    • Repository: CMNZ
  • Type locality: Epigwaitt, the site of the wreck of the Grafton, in North Arm, Carnley Harbour
  • NOTES: Brookes (1951: 22) considered this species to be a synonym of Calathosoma rubromarginatum, based on comparison of the holotype of the former with an identified specimen of the latter (det. Dr. G. Larsson). The alleged synonymy was subsequently rejected by Johns (1974: 292), based on reexamination of the same two specimens, the latter of which does appear to have been correctly identified by Larsson, so the fault would appear to have been with Brookes' judgement.

References

• Brookes, A.E. 1951: The Coleoptera of the Auckland and Campbell Islands. Cape Expedition series bulletin, (5) BUGZ
• Broun, T. 1909: Descriptions of Coleoptera from the subantarctic islands of New Zealand; with remarks on the affinities of the genera, etc. pp. 78–123 in: Chilton, C. (ed.) The subantarctic islands of New Zealand. Volume 1. Philosophical Institute of Canterbury: [Christchurch, N.Z.] BHL Internet Archive
• Gourlay, E.S. 1950: Auckland Island Coleoptera. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 78: 171–202, plates 21-23. BUGZ
• Hutton, F.W. 1902: The beetles of the Auckland Islands. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 34: 175–179.
• Jeannel, R. 1938: Les migadopides (Coleoptera Adephaga), une lignée subantartique. Revue française d'entomologie, 5: 1–55.
• Johns, P.M. 1974: Arthropoda of the subantarctic islands of New Zealand (1) Coleoptera: Carabidae Southern New Zealand, Patagonian, and Falkland Islands insular Carabidae. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 4(3): 283–302. DOI: 10.1080/03036758.1974.10419396 Reference page.  see p. 292
• Johns, P.M. 2010: Migadopini (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Migadopinae) of New Zealand. Records of the Canterbury Museum 24: 39–63. full volume (PDF) Reference page. 
• Larochelle, A.; Larivière, M.-C. 2001: Carabidae (Insecta: Coleoptera): catalogue. Fauna of New Zealand, (43) ISBN 0-478-09342-X
• Nicholls, D.C.; Urquhart, E.M.; Ward, J.B.; Johns, P.M. 1998: A list of insect primary types held in Canterbury Museum, Christchurch, New Zealand. Records of the Canterbury Museum, 12: 1–43.

Links

• Species-ID
• Subantarctic beetle database