Megaxenus termitophilus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tenebrionoidea

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: Cucujiformia Superfamilia: Tenebrionoidea

Familia: Aderidae
Genus: Megaxenus
Species: Megaxenus termitophilus

Name

Megaxenus termitophilus Lawrence, 1990: 648

• Original genus: Megaxenus Lawrence, 1990
• Original status: valid species
• Primary type: holotype
  • Fixation: designated
  • Description: [adult] male
  • Repository: ANIC No. 95
• Type locality: 'Queensland: ♂, 1 mile W. Kuranda, Kuranda-Mareeba Rd' [AUSTRALIA QLD]
• ZooBank: 4427A4E0-62B4-4728-8E04-53E096EABB3D

References

• Lawrence, J.F., Kistner, D.H. & Pasteels, J.M. 1990. A new genus and three new species of termitophilous Aderidae (Coleoptera) from Australia, Papua New Guinea and the Philippines, with notes on their biology. Invertebrate Taxonomy 4(3): 643–654. DOI: 10.1071/IT9900643 . Reference page.  [See p. 648, and Figs 1-2, 6-7 (adult), 3, 8, 10-11 (larva), 14 (pupa); original description (female, male, larva)]