Mecyclothorax rotundicollis

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

Mecyclothorax rotundicollis (White, 1846)

Oopterus rotundicollis White, 1846. Lectotype female, designated by Liebherr & Marris (2009: 17): BMNH. Type locality: Bay of Islands, Northland, North Island, New Zealand
Olisthopus insularis Motschulsky, 1865[1864] [syn. Sharp (1884: 298)]
Drimostoma striatopunctata Laporte de Castelnau, 1867. Neotype female, designated by Liebherr & Marris (2009: 17): NMV [syn. Bates (1874: 242); Liebherr & Marris (2009: 16)]

Liebherr, J.K. & Marris, J.W.M. 2009. Revision of the New Zealand species of Mecyclothorax Sharp (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Psydrinae, Mecyclothoracini) and the consequent removal of several species to Meonochilus gen. n. (Psydrinae, Meonini). New Zealand Entomologist 32(1): 5–22. DOI: 10.1080/00779962.2009.9722172 . Reference page.
White, A. 1846: Insects of New Zealand. Pp. 1-24, plates 1-7 in: Richardson, J.; Gray, J.E. (eds) (1844-1875) 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. Internet Archive Biodiversity Heritage Library