Monteithium ascetum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tenebrionoidea

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: Cucujiformia Superfamilia: Tenebrionoidea

Familia: Tenebrionidae
Subfamilia: Lagriinae
Tribus: Adeliini
Genus: Monteithium
Species: Monteithium ascetum

Name

• Monteithium ascetum Matthews, 1998
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated
    • Description: [adult] male
    • Repository: QMBA QMT 30101
  • Type locality: 'Mt Sorrow Summit, Cape Tribulation, NE Queensland ... 16°08'S, 145°26'E, rainforest, 800 m' - Matthews (1998: 805)
    • Latitude and longitude: -16.080000, 145.260000
  • Secondary types: paratypes
    • Fixation: designated
    • Description: 3 [adult] males
    • Repositories: QMBA (2), SAMA (1)

[source: Matthews (1998: 805–806)]

References

cited sources

• Matthews, E.G. 1998: Classification, phylogeny and biogeography of the genera of Adeliini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Invertebrate taxonomy, 12(5): 685–824. DOI: 10.1071/IT97008

Additional references

• Matthews, E.G.; Monteith, G.B. 2010: Monteithium storeyi, a new species of Adeliini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from the wet tropics of Queensland, Australia. Australian entomologist, 36: 201–206. ISSN: 1320-6133 PDF

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