Picrotus sanguineus

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: Cryptophagidae
Subfamilia: Cryptophaginae
Tribus: Picrotini
Genus: Picrotus
Species: Picrotus thoracicus
Synonym: Picrotus sanguineus

Name

• Picrotus sanguineus Broun, 1893
  • Authority for current placement: Leschen, 1996: 606 ('new synonymies'), 634 ('new synonomy'[synonymy])
    • undisputed by all subsequent authorities
  • Primary type: lectotype
    • Fixation: designated by Leschen & Gimmel, 2012: 26 ('In order to stabilize the species names, lectotypes were designated from the material of P. thoracicus and P. sanguineus')
    • Description: [adult]
    • Repository: BMNH
  • Type locality: 'probably found near Howick' [unlikely, probably not present in AK]

References

Primary references

• Broun, T. 1893: Manual of the New Zealand Coleoptera. Parts V, VI, VII. New Zealand Institute, Wellington. BHL BUGZ [first availability, see p. 1098]
• 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.  [lectotype designation, see p. 26]

Additional references

• Leschen, R.A.B. 1996: Phylogeny and revision of the genera of Cryptophagidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea). University of Kansas science bulletin, 55 (15): 549–634. BHL