Megapenthes shirozui

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: Elaterinae
Tribus: Megapenthini
Genus: Megapenthes
Species: Megapenthes shirozui
Subspecies: M. s. narukawai – M. s. shirozui

Name

Megapenthes shirozui Kishii, 1959.

Type locality: JAPAN. Kagoshima Pref.: Yakushima Is., Kosugi-dani.

Holotype: ELKU 8459 (male ♂, 23 July 1950; T. Shirōzu).

Paratype: Kishii's Coll. (female ♀, 23 July 1950; T. Shirōzu).

References

Primary references

• Kishii, T. 1959. Elateridae of Is. Yakushima. “The Snappers of Island (I)”. Bulletin of the Heian High School, Kyoto, Japan (3): 1–24, 3 pls, 2 tt. PDF. Reference page.  [see page 14]

Additional references

• Cate, P.C., Sánchez-Ruiz, A., Löbl, I. & Smetana, A. 2007. Elateridae, pp. 89–209. 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 137]
• Kishii, T. 2006b. A Revisional Study on Megapenthes shirozui (Coleoptera: Elateridae) and Its Allied Species from Japan, with Descriptions of Four New Taxa. Entomological review of Japan 61(1): 55-68. Full article (PDF). Reference page.  [see pages 56–58]

Links

• Megapenthes shirozui – Taxon details on Index to Organism Names (ION). Accessed: 7 November 2024.