Meonochilus

Meonochilus amplipennis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Adephaga

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa 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: Amblytelina
Genus: Meonochilus
Species (6): M. amplipennis – M. bellorum – M. eplicatus – M. placens – M. rectus – M. spiculatus
In synonymy (1): M. labralis

Name

• Meonochilus James Kenneth Liebherr & Marris, 2009
  • Authority for placement: James Kenneth Liebherr, 2011
  • Gender: masculine
  • Original status: valid genus
  • Type species: Tarastethus amplipennis Broun, 1912
    • Fixation: original designation [p. 10]
  • ZooBank: 40B3AB82-3249-4E9E-9794-8F0CE9F8485F

References

Primary references

• 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.  [7, original description]

Additional references

• Liebherr, J.K. 2011. Cladistic assessment of subtribal affinities within the tribe Moriomorphini with description of Rossjoycea glacialis, gen. n. and sp. n. from the South Island, and revision of Meonochilus Liebherr and Marris from the North Island, New Zealand (Coleoptera, Carabidae). ZooKeys 147: 277–335. ISBN 978-954-642-614-7 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.147.1898 Reference page.