Macroscytus australis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pentatomoidea
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: Paraneoptera Superordo: Condylognatha Ordo: Hemiptera Subordo: Heteroptera Infraordo: Pentatomomorpha Superfamilia: Pentatomoidea

Macroscytus australis (Erichson, 1842: 275)

Original genus: Cydnus
Original status: valid species
Primary type: lectotype
- Fixation: designated by Lis, 1999: 207
- Description: [adult] female
- Repository: ZMHU, as 'ZMHB'
Type locality: 'Vandiemensland' [AUSTRALIA TAS]

Original genus: Aethus
Primary type: lectotype
- Fixation: designated by Lis, 1996: 221
- Description: [adult] female
- Repository: BMNH
Type locality: 'New Zealand'
NOTE: A holotype (as 'the type') was designated in the original publication, so the validity of the above lectotype designation is unclear.

Lis, J.A. 1996: A review of burrower bugs of the Australian region, with a discussion on the distribution of the genera (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Cydnidae). Genus 7(2): 177–238. Full article (PDF) on ResearchGate Reference page. [See p. 220]
Lis, J.A. 1997: Studies on the Cydnidae of the Australian region XI. A review of species from New Caledonia, with descriptions of Chilocoris neocaledonicus n. sp. and Macroscytus matilei n. sp. (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Genus 8(3-4): 591–602. Full article (PDF) Reference page. [See p. 596]
Lis, J.A. 1999. Burrower bugs of the Old World - a catalogue (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Cydnidae). Genus 10(2): 165–249. ResearchGate Reference page.

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