Protopeltis viridescens

Protopeltis viridescens

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cleroidea

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: Cleroidea

Familia: Protopeltidae
Genus: Protopeltis
Species: Protopeltis viridescens

Name

Protopeltis viridescens (Broun, 1886)

Type locality: near Dunedin, New Zealand DN

Synonymy

• Grynoma viridescens Broun, 1886
  • Protopeltis viridescens (Broun, 1886) Crowson, 1964: 289

References

Primary references

• Broun, T. 1886. Manual of the New Zealand Coleoptera. Parts III and IV. Pp. 745–973. Colonial Museum and Geological Survey Department, Wellington. BHL (Part III), BHL (Part IV) Reference page. 
• Broun, T. 1915. Descriptions of new genera and species of Coleoptera. Part IV. New Zealand Institute bulletin 1(4): 267–346. BHL PDF (Parts) Reference page. 
• Crowson, R.A. 1964. A review of the classification of Cleroidea (Coleoptera), with descriptions of two new genera of Peltidae and of several new larval types. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 116(12): 275–327, plate 1. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1964.tb02298.x . Reference page.  [possible synonymy of Protopeltis pulchella with Protopeltis viridescens indicated by Crowson (1964: 289, 'perhaps of doubtfully specific rank')]