Malacogaster tilloides

One of the syntypes of Malacogaster tilloides (BMNH; NHMUK015009553)

Labels of NHMUK015009553

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elateroidea

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: Elateriformia Superfamilia: Elateroidea

Familia: Elateridae
Subfamilia: Agrypninae
Tribus: Drilini
Genus: Malacogaster
Species: Malacogaster tilloides

Name

Malacogaster tilloides Wollaston, 1864.

Type locality: SPAIN. Canary Islands: Fuerteventura, Rio Palmas.

Syntypes:

• OUMNH-2006-009 (3 males ♂♂; 'Coll. B. M.: 215-16');
• BMNH [​NHMUK015009553 & NHMUK015009554] (2 males ♂♂; 'B. M. 1864-80');
• 2 more (probably male) specimens untraced by Hoffmannova & Kundrata.

References

Primary references

• Wollaston T.V. 1864. Catalogue of the coleopterous insects of the Canaries in the collection of the British Museum. London: The Trustees of the British Museum, xiii + 648 pp. BHL Reference page.  [see pages 215–216]

Additional references

• Bocák, L. 2007. Drilidae, pp. 209–210. In: Löbl, I. & Smetana, A. (eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4. Elateroidea – Derodontoidea – Lymexyloidea – Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. 935 pp. ISBN 87-88757-67-6 DOI: 10.1163/9789004260894 . Google Books (limited preview available). Reference page.  [see page 210]
• Hoffmannova, J. & Kundrata, R. 2022. Diversity of the Paedomorphic Snail-Eating Click-Beetle Genus Malacogaster Bassi, 1834 (Elateridae: Agrypninae: Drilini) in the Mediterranean. Biology 10(11)-1503: 1–55. DOI: 10.3390/biology11101503 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 

Links

• Malacogaster tilloides – Taxon details on Index to Organism Names (ION). Accessed: 17 November 2024.

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