Paracymus pygmaeus

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Hydrophiloidea 

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: Hydrophiloidea

Familia: Hydrophilidae
Subfamilia: Hydrophilinae
Tribus: Anacaenini
Genus: Paracymus
Species: Paracymus pygmaeus

Name edit

  • Paracymus pygmaeus (Macleay, 1871)

Synonyms edit

  • Hydrobius nitidiusculus Broun, 1880
    • Primary type: lectotype
      • Fixation: designated by Gentili (2000: 102)
  • Anacaena tepida Winterbourn, 1970
    • Original status: valid species
    • Primary type: holotype
      • Fixation: designated
      • Description: [adult] male
      • Repository: AMNZ 5077
    • Type locality: 'Waipahihi Stream, Taupo'
    • Secondary type: paratype
      • Fixation: designated
      • Description: [adult] female
      • Repository: AMNZ
        • NOTE: further specimens listed as 'other material', herein considered to have been excluded from the type series
    • Authority for synonymy: Hansen, 2000: 85 ('syn. n.')
  • Paracymus desolatus Wooldridge, 1976
    • Authority for synonymy: Gentili, 2000: 102 ('New synonymy')
  • NOT: Paracymus metallescens Fauvel, 1883 [revalidated by Gentili (2010)]

References edit

  • Archangelsky, M.; Fikáček, M. 2004: Descriptions of the egg case and larva of Anacaena and a review of the knowledge and relationships between larvae of Anacaenini (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Hydrophilinae). European journal of entomology, 101 (4): 629–636. ISSN: 1210-5759 PDF
  • Broun, T. 1880: Manual of the New Zealand Coleoptera. Colonial Museum and Geological Survey Department, Wellington. Internet Archive BHL BUGZ
  • Burge, P.I.; Shulmeister, J. 2007: Re-envisioning the structure of last glacial vegetation in New Zealand using beetle fossils. Quaternary research, 68 (1): 121–132. DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2007.03.009
  • Gentili, E. 2000: The Paracymus of Australia (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae). Records of the South Australian Museum, 33 (2): 101–122. PDF
  • Gentili, E. 2010: Hydrophilidae: The genus Paracymus Thomson (Coleoptera). Pp. 257-262 in: Jäch, M.A. & Balke, M. (eds.): Water beetles of New Caledonia (part 1). Monographs on Coleoptera, 3 . ISSN: 1027-8869
  • Hansen, M. 2000: Short communication. On the identity of Anacaena tepida Winterbourn (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae). New Zealand entomologist, 23: 85. PDF
  • Macfarlane, R.P. et al. 2010: [Chapter] NINE Phylum ARTHROPODA SUBPHYLUM HEXAPODA Protura, springtails, Diplura, and insects. Pp. 233-467 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.): New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume 2. Kingdom Animalia. Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand. ISBN 978-1-87725793-3
  • Macleay, W.J. 1871: Notes on a collection of insects from Gayndah. Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales, 2: 79–205. Internet Archive BHL
  • Marra, M.J. & Leschen, R.A.B. 2004. Late Quaternary paleoecology from fossil beetle communities in the Awatere Valley, South Island, New Zealand. Journal of biogeography 31(4): 571–586. DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.2003.00998.x Reference page
  • Winterbourn, M.J. 1970: The Hydrophilidae (Coleoptera) of New Zealand’s thermal waters. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand (biological sciences), 12: 21–28. BUGZ
  • Winterbourn, M.J. 1973: The larva of Anacaena tepida (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) from a Rotorua hot spring. New Zealand entomologist, 5: 171–174. BUGZ
  • Winterbourn, M.J.; Gregson, K.L.D.; Dolphin, C.H. 2006: Guide to the aquatic insects of New Zealand. Fourth edition. Bulletin of the Entomological Society of New Zealand, (14 ) ISBN 978-0-9597663-7-0 ISBN 0-9597663-7-5
  • Wooldridge, D.P. 1976: Paracymus of the Australian faunal region (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 49 (3): 453–462. JSTOR

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