Metanastes

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scarabaeoidea

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: Staphyliniformia Superfamilia: Scarabaeoidea

Familia: Scarabaeidae
Subfamilia: Dynastinae
Tribus: Pentodontini
Subtribus: Pentodontina
Genus: Metanastes
Species (5): M. australis – M. bicornis – M. irregularis – M. picipes – M. vulgivagus

Name

Metanastes Arrow, 1911: 166

• Type species: Heteronychus australis Fauvel, 1862.

Synonymy

• Metanastes Bode, 1953

References

Primary references

• Arrow, G.J. 1911. Notes on the coleopterous subfamily Dynastinae, with descriptions of new genera and species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)8(43): 151–176, plates IV–V. DOI: 10.1080/00222931108693008 . BHL Reference page.  [original description: p. 166]

Links

• Schoolmeesters, P. 2017. Scarabs: World Scarabaeidae Database (version Jul 2016). In: Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds. 2017. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 30th January 2017. Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858. Reference page.  [accessed on Jun 14, 2017]