Amychus granulatus

Amychus granulatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elateroidea

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: Elateriformia Superfamilia: Elateroidea

Familia: Elateridae
Subfamilia: Denticollinae
Tribus: Ctenicerini
Genus: Amychus
Species: Amychus granulatus

Name

Amychus granulatus (Broun, 1883)

Synonyms

• Psorochroa granulata Broun, 1883
  • Amychus granulatus (Broun, 1883)
• Amychus stephensiensis Schwarz, 1901 [ Tarnawski, 2001: 305 (syn. nov.) ]

[list of synonyms after Marris & Johnson (2010: 44)]

Type data

• granulatus Broun: Lectotype, designated by Marris & Johnson (2010: 44): BMNH
  • Type kind: adult
  • Type locality: The Brothers, New Zealand SD
  • Paralectotypes (3): BMNH (2), NZAC (1)
• stephensiensis Schwarz:
  • Type kind: adult
  • Type locality: Stephens Island, New Zealand SD

References

cited sources

• Broun, T. 1883: The New Zealand Carabidae. New Zealand journal of science (Dunedin), 1: 287–304. BUGZ
• Marris, J.W.M.; Johnson, P.J. 2010: A revision of the New Zealand click beetle genus Amychus Pascoe 1876 (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Denticollinae): with a description of a new species from the Three Kings Islands. Zootaxa, 2331: 35–56. Preview PDF
• Schwarz, O. 1901: Elateriden von der Stephens-Insel und den Chatam-Inseln, gesammelt von Hrn. Direktor Schauinsland. Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift, 1901: 193–196. BUGZ
• Tarnawski, D. 2001: A world catalogue of Ctenicerini Fleutiaux, 1936. Part II (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Athoinae). Genus, 12: 277–323. PDF

Additional references

• Goldberg, J.; Trewick, S.A. 2011: Exploring phylogeographic congruence in a continental island system. Insects, 2 (3): 369–399. DOI: 10.3390/insects2030369
• Watt, J.C. 1981: Protected insects. Weta, 4 (2): 12–14. ISSN: 0111-7696 BUGZ
• Worthy, T.H.; Holdaway, R.N. 1996: Quaternary fossil faunas, overlapping taphonomies, and palaeofaunal reconstruction in North Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 26: 275–361.