Opitzia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cleroidea

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: Cleroidea

Familia: Cleridae
Subfamilia: Epiphloeinae
Genus: Opitzia

Species (2): O. apicula – O. chiapas

Name

Opitzia Nemésio, 2006 [nomen novum pro Arenaria Opitz, 1997]
NOTE: name missing from Nomenclator Zoologicus

Synonymy

• Arenaria Opitz, 1997 [preocc.] Type species: Arenaria chiapas Opitz, 1997, by original designation.

References

• Nemésio, A., 2006. Two homonymies in Epiphloeinae (Coleoptera: Cleridae): new generic names for Arenaria Opitz and Chaetophloeus Opitz. Lundiana 7(1): 77. DOI: 10.35699/2675-5327.2006.22192 Reference page. 
• Opitz, W. 1997. Classification, natural history, and evolution of the Epiphloeinae (Coleoptera: Cleridae). Part I. The genera of Epiphloeinae. Insecta Mundi 11(1): 51–96. PDF Reference page. 
• Opitz, W. 2008. Classification, natural history, and evolution of Epiphloeinae (Coleoptera: Cleridae). Part VII. The genera Hapsidopteris Opitz, Iontoclerus Opitz, Katamyurus Opitz, Megatrachys Opitz, Opitzia Nemésio, Pennasolis Opitz, new genus, Pericales Opitz, new genus, Pteroferus Opitz, new genus, and Turbophloeus Opitz, new genus. Zootaxa 1754: 1–40. Abstract & excerpt Reference page.