Rhantus schauinslandi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Adephaga

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: Adephaga

Familia: Dytiscidae
Subfamilia: Colymbetinae
Tribus: Colymbetini
Genus: Rhantus
Species: Rhantus schauinslandi

Name

• Rhantus schauinslandi Ordish, 1989
  • Authority for current placement: original
  • Current status: valid species
  • Original combination(s)/spelling(s): Rhantus schauinslandi
  • Original genus: Rhantus Dejean, 1833
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated
    • Description: [adult] female
    • Repository: NZAC
  • Type locality: 'Waitangi Chatham Is.'
  • ZooBank

References

Primary references

• Ordish, R.G. 1989. A new species of Rhantus from the Chatham Islands of New Zealand (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). New Zealand journal of zoology 16(1): 147–150. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1989.10423709 . Reference page.  [first availability, see p. 149, and figs. 1, 2]

Additional references

• Balke, M. 1993: Taxonomische Revision der pazifischen, australischen und indonesischen Arten der Gattung Rhantus Dejean, 1833 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Koleopterologische rundschau 63: 39–84. [in German, with English abstract] Reference page.  [see p. 46, and Abb. 6, 54]
• Balke, M.; Kovac, D.; Hendrich, L.; Flechtner, G. 2000: Rediscovery of the New Zealand diving beetle Rhantus plantaris Sharp, and notes on the south west Australian R. simulans Régimbart, with an identification key (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). New Zealand journal of zoology, 27(3): 223–227. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2000.9518229 . Reference page. 
• Collier, K.J. 1992: Freshwater macroinvertebrates of potential conservation interest. Science & research series, (50) ISBN 0-478-01427-9 PDF
• Emberson 1998: The beetle (Coleoptera) fauna of the Chatham Islands. New Zealand entomologist, 21: 25–64. DOI: 10.1080/00779962.1998.9722037 abstract and pdf [see p. 30]
• Leschen, R.A.B., Marris, J.W.M., Emberson, R.M., Nunn, J., Hitchmough, R.A. & Stringer, I. 2012. The conservation status of New Zealand Coleoptera. New Zealand Entomologist 35(2): 91–98. DOI: 10.1080/00779962.2012.686311 . Reference page. 
• Winterbourn, M.J.; Gregson, K.L.D.; Dolphin, C.H. 2006: Guide to the aquatic insects of New Zealand. Fourth edition. Bulletin of the Entomological Society of New Zealand, (14) ISBN 978-0-9597663-7-0 ISBN 0-9597663-7-5