Picrotus

Taxonavigation

Picrotus thoracicus (length about 1.6 mm)

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: Cryptophagidae
Subfamilia: Cryptophaginae
Tribus: Picrotini
Genus: Picrotus
Species (1): P. thoracicus

Name

• Picrotus Sharp, 1886
  • Gender: [masculine]
  • Original status: valid genus
  • Type species: Picrotus thoracicus Sharp, 1886
    • Fixation: monotypy

References

Primary references

• Sharp, D. 1886: On New Zealand Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Scientific transactions of the Royal Dublin Society (2), 3: 351–454, plates XII-XIII. BHL [first availability, see p. 394]

Additional references

• Gimmel, M. & Leschen, R.A.B. 2022. Revision of the genera of Picrotini (Coleoptera: Cryptophagidae: Cryptophaginae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 62(1): 61–109. DOI: 10.37520/aemnp.2022.006 Reference page. 
• Leschen, R.A.B. & Gimmel, M.L. 2012. Catalogue of the tribe Picrotini (Coleoptera: Cryptophagidae: Cryptophaginae). New Zealand Entomologist 35(1): 14–28. DOI: 10.1080/00779962.2012.649705 Reference page.  [see p. 25]
• Leschen, R.A.B.; Lawrence, J.F.; Kuschel, G.; Thorpe, S.; Wang, Q. 2003: Coleoptera genera of New Zealand. New Zealand entomologist, 26: 15–28.

Links

• ION
• Nomenclator Zoologicus