Pseudostegopterus melolonthinoides

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scarabaeoidea

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: Scarabaeoidea

Familia: Scarabaeidae
Subfamilia: Cetoniinae
Genus: Pseudostegopterus
Species: Pseudostegopterus melolonthinoides

Name

Pseudostegopterus melolonthinoides Ricchiardi, 2015: 3

• Type locality: REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA: Western Cape, Leipoldtville, Eland’s Bay (32°18’48” S, 18°21’00” E).
• Holotype: ISAM, ♂, Oct. 1947, Museum Expedition (SAM-CO-A043595).

References

Primary references

• Ricchiardi, E. 2015. Description of a new monospecific genus of South African Trichiina, with a key to the related genera. European journal of taxonomy 159: 1–6. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2015.159 [original description: p. 3, fig. 1]

Links

• Schoolmeesters, P. 2017. Scarabs: World Scarabaeidae Database (version Jul 2016). In: Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds. 2017. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 30th January 2017. Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858. Reference page.  [accessed on May 13, 2017]