Cryptamorpha brevicornis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cucujoidea

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: Cucujoidea

Familia: Silvanidae
Subfamilia: Brontinae
Tribus: Telephanini
Genus: Cryptamorpha
Species: Cryptamorpha brevicornis
Synonyms (3): C. curvipes – C. silvanoides – C. umbrina

Name

• Cryptamorpha brevicornis (White, 1846: 18)
  • Original genus: Dendrophagus
  • Primary type: lectotype
    • Fixation: designated by Brown, Marris & Leschen, 2012: 35 ('Lectotype here designated')
    • Description: [adult]
    • Repository: BMNH
  • Type locality: 'New Zealand (Bay of Islands, Port Nicholson [=Wellington Harbour])', lectotype locality unknown, but assumed to be either 'Bay of Islands' or 'Port Nicholson' [=Wellington Harbour]

Synonyms

• Parabrontes silvanoides Redtenbacher, [1868] [syn. Waterhouse (1876)]

References

• Brown, S.D.J., Marris, J.W.M. & Leschen, R.A.B. 2012. Review of New Zealand Cryptamorpha (Coleoptera: Silvanidae), with a description of a new species from the Three Kings Islands. New Zealand Entomologist 35(1): 29–38. DOI: 10.1080/00779962.2012.649706 . Reference page.  [lectotype designation, see p. 35]
• Kuschel, G. 1990: Beetles in a suburban environment: a New Zealand case study. DSIR Plant Protection report, (3 ) PDF
• Macfarlane, R.P., Maddison, P.A., Andrew, I.G., Berry, J.A., Johns, P.M., Hoare, R.J.B., Larivière, M.-C., Greenslade, P., Henderson, R.C., Smithers, C.N., Palma, R.L., Ward, J.B., Pilgrim, R.L.C., Towns, D.R., McLellan, I., Teulon, D.A.J., Hitchings, T.R., Eastop, V.F., Martin, N.A., Fletcher, M.J., Stufkens, M.A.W., Dale, P.J., Burckhardt, D., Buckley, T.R. & Trewick, S.A. 2010. Phylum Arthropoda subphylum Hexapoda: Protura, springtails, Diplura, and insects. Pp. 233–467 in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) 2010. New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume 2. Kingdom Animalia. Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand. Reference page.  PDF. Reference page.  [424, listed]
• White, A. 1846: Insects of New Zealand. Pp. 1-27, 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