Metallanchista

Metallanchista perlaeta

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: Harpalinae
Supertribus: Lebiitae
Tribus: Lebiini
Subtribus: Physoderina
Genus: Metallanchista
Species: M. laticollis – M. perlaeta

Name

• Metallanchista Shi & Liang, 2013: 34

Type species: Metallanchista laticollis Shi & Liang, 2013

Etymology: The name is combined from the Greek “metall”, a reference to metal, and the genus name “Anchista”, meaning that it is closely related to genus Anchista, but strongly metallic.

References

• Shi, H., Zhou, H. & Liang, H. 2013. Taxonomic synopsis of the subtribe Physoderina (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Lebiini), with species revisions of eight genera. ZooKeys 284: 1–129. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.284.3983 Reference page.  [original description: p. 34]