Parentonium magnum

Parentonium magnum

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: Rentoniidae
Genus: Parentonium
Species: Parentonium magnum

Name

• Parentonium magnum (Crowson, 1966)
  • Authority for placement: objective (type species); Crowson, 1970: 6 ('comb. n.')
  • Gender: changeable (-us, -um, -a)
  • Original genus: Rentonium Crowson, 1966
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated and presumably unique
    • Description: [adult] female
    • Repository: ZUGS
  • Type locality: 'NEW ZEALAND: c. 500 feet, hill SW. of Nelson' [NEW ZEALAND NN]
    • Note that according to Crowson (1970: 6), '... described from a single male specimen, collected in mixed leaf-litter at an altitude of about 800 ft., Grampian Hill, Nelson, NEW ZEALAND'
  • ZooBank: 47B86908-78A0-4ECB-8E9A-E5B22FD60A3E

Combinations

• Rentonium magnum: original combination

References

Primary references

• Crowson, R.A. 1966. Further observations on Peltidae (Coleoptera: Cleroidea), with definitions of a new subfamily and of four new genera. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (B) 35(9-10): 119–127. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1966.tb00523.x . Reference page.  [first availability, see p. 121]

Additional references

• Crowson, R.A. 1970. Further observations on Cleroidea (Coleoptera). Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (B) 39(1–2): 1–20. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1970.tb00247.x Reference page.  [see p. 6]