Geodorcus novaezealandiae

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Geodorcus novaezealandiae

Taxonavigation edit

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 novaezealandiae

Name edit

Geodorcus novaezealandiae (Hope, 1845: 25)

  • Original genus: Lucanus Scopoli, 1763
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: lectotype
    • Fixation: designated by Holloway, 2007: 94
    • Type kind: [adult] female
    • Repository: HDOU
  • Type locality: 'Nova Zealandia'

Synonyms edit

  • Dorcus abditus Broun, 1881: 673
  • Original genus: Dorcus MacLeay, 1819
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: lectotype
    • Fixation: designated by Holloway, 2007: 94
    • Type kind: [adult] male
    • Repository: BMNH
  • Type locality: 'near Wellington'
  • Dorcus punctulatus White, 1846: 9
  • Original genus: Dorcus MacLeay, 1819
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: lectotype
    • Fixation: designated by Holloway, 2007: 94
    • Type kind: [adult] male
    • Repository: BMNH
  • Type locality: 'New Zealand (Wellington)'
  • Sclerostomus caviceps Westwood, 1855: 212
  • Original genus: Sclerostomus Burmeister, 1847
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: lectotype
    • Fixation: designated by Holloway, 2007: 94
    • Type kind: [adult] male
    • Repository: HDOU
  • Type locality: 'Nova Zealandia'

References edit

  • Broun, T. 1881. Manual of the New Zealand Coleoptera. Part II. Pp. 653–744. Colonial Museum and Geological Survey Department, Wellington. BHL Reference page
  • Holloway, B.A. 2007. Lucanidae (Insecta: Coleoptera). Fauna of New Zealand, (61) ISBN 978-0-478-09395-7. Online. Reference page
  • Hope, F.W. & Westwood, J.O. 1845. A catalogue of the lucanoid Coleoptera in the collection of the Rev. F. W. Hope together with descriptions of the new species therein contained. J.C. Bridgewater, London. 31 pp. BUGZ. Reference page
  • Westwood, J.O. 1855: Descriptions of some new species of exotic Lucanidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London (2) 3: 197-221. BHL Reference page
  • White, A. 1846. Insects of New Zealand. Pp. 1–24, plates 1–7 in: Richardson, J. & Gray, J.E. (eds) The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Erebus & Terror, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross, R.N., F.R.S., during the years 1839 to 1843. Vol. II. Reptiles, fishes, Crustacea, insects, Mollusca. London: E.W. Janson. BHL Reference page

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