Praocis nitens

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tenebrionoidea

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: Tenebrionoidea

Familia: Tenebrionidae
Subfamilia: Pimeliinae
Tribus: Praociini
Genus: Praocis
Subgenus: Praocis (Mesopraocis)
Species: Praocis nitens

Name

Praocis (Mesopraocis) nitens Kulzer, 1959

Type locality: Chili, Huasco, Atacama.

Holotype: FMNH. male ♂. 20–22.X.1957. legit L.E. Peña.

References

Primary references

• Kulzer, H. 1959. Neue Tenebrioniden aus Südamerika (Col.). 18 Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Tenebrioniden. I. Die Gattung Gyriosomus Guér. (Nycteliini). Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey 10: 523–547. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Flores, G.E. & Pizarro-Araya, J. 2022. Revision of the subgenus Mesopraocis Flores & Pizarro-Araya of the Neotropical genus Praocis Eschscholtz (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Pimeliinae). Zookeys 1100ː 29–55. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1100.78769 Reference page.