Melisodera gigas

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

Familia: Carabidae
Subfamilia: Psydrinae
Tribus: Moriomorphini
Subtribus: Moriomorphina
Genus: Melisodera
Species: Melisodera gigas

Name

• Melisodera gigas Baehr, 2011
  • Authority for current placement: original
    • undisputed by all subsequent authorities
  • Combination(s)/spelling(s):
    • Original: Melisodera gigas
    • Subsequent: nil
  • Original genus: Melisodera Westwood, 1835
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated and presumably unique
    • Description: [adult] female
    • Repository: ANIC
  • Type locality: "N.S.W. Ebor"
  • ZooBank: 5EC9CCA1-9EB7-4C24-90D0-99D120633E3D

Primary references

• Baehr, M. 2011: New species of the genera Melisodera Westwood, Rhaebolestes Sloane and Moriodema Castelnau from Australia (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Psydrini). Australian entomologist 38(3): 129–144. Abstract and full article (PDF) on informit Reference page.  [first availability, see p. 131 and figs. 1, 6, 11]