Molopsida

Molopsida polita (male, length about 6.5 mm)

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: Molopsida
Species (6): M. antarctica – M. cordipennis – M. lindrothi – M. polita – M. seriatoporus – M. strenua

In synonymy (8): M. carbonaria – M. dubia – M. fuscipes – M. insularis – M. laevicollis – M. marginalis – M. phyllocharis – M. sulcicollis

Name

• Molopsida White, 1846
  • Authority for placement: Liebherr, 2011
  • Type species: Molopsida polita White, 1846
    • Fixation: monotypy

References

Primary references

• White, A. 1846. Insects of New Zealand. Pp. 1–24, plates 1–7 in: Richardson, J. & Gray, J.E. (eds) The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Erebus & Terror, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross, R.N., F.R.S., during the years 1839 to 1843. Vol. II. Reptiles, fishes, Crustacea, insects, Mollusca. London: E.W. Janson. BHL Reference page.  [first availability, see p. 6]

Additional references

• Larochelle, A. & Larivière, M.-C. 2013. Cicindelinae to Trechinae (in part) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae). Fauna of New Zealand (69) Extract and PDF Reference page.  [see p. 48]
• 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. 

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