Costelytra zealandica

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: Melolonthinae
Genus: Costelytra
Species: Costelytra zealandica

Name

Costelytra zealandica (White, 1846)

Synonyms

Rhisotrogus zealandicus White, 1846
Costelytra zealandica (White, 1846) Given, 1952

References

Primary references

Given, B.B. 1952. A revision of the Melolonthinae of New Zealand. Part 1: the adult beetles. New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research bulletin 102: 1–137. BUGZ
White, A. 1846. Insects of New Zealand. Pp. 1–27, plates 1–7 in: Richardson, J. & Gray, J.E. (eds) The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Erebus & Terror, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross, R.N., F.R.S., during the years 1839 to 1843. Vol. II. Reptiles, fishes, Crustacea, insects, Mollusca. London: E.W. Janson. Internet Archive BHL

Additional references

González-Chang, M. et al. 2017. An improved method to produce adults of Costelytra zealandica White (Coleoptera: Melolothinae) from field-collected larvae. Weta 51: 20–29. Full article (PDF). Reference page.
Hoy, J.M. 1952. Note on the occurrence of nematodes in larvae of Odontria zealandica White. New Zealand Entomologist 1(2): 5–6. DOI: 10.1080/00779962.1952.9722696 Reference page.
Hurst, M.R.H., Becher, S.A., Young, D.S., Nelson, T.L. & Glare, T.R. (in press): Yersinia entomophaga sp. nov. isolated from the New Zealand grass grub Costelytra zealandica. International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology. DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.024406-0
Macfarlane, R.P., Maddison, P.A., Andrew, I.G., Berry, J.A., Johns, P.M., Hoare, R.J.B., Larivière, M.-C., Greenslade, P., Henderson, R.C., Smithers, C.N., Palma, R.L., Ward, J.B., Pilgrim, R.L.C., Towns, D.R., McLellan, I., Teulon, D.A.J., Hitchings, T.R., Eastop, V.F., Martin, N.A., Fletcher, M.J., Stufkens, M.A.W., Dale, P.J., Burckhardt, D., Buckley, T.R. & Trewick, S.A. 2010. Phylum Arthropoda subphylum Hexapoda: Protura, springtails, Diplura, and insects. Pp. 233–467 in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) 2010. New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume 2. Kingdom Animalia. Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand. Reference page. PDF. Reference page. [419, listed]
Henzell, R.F. 1975(1974). Electroantennogram responses of male Costelytra zealandica (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) to phenol and related compounds. New Zealand journal of zoology 1(4): 515–522. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1974.9517853 Reference page.
Henzell, R.F. & Hall, W.T. 1975(1974). Substituted phenols as repellents for male Costelytra zealandica (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in mating flights. New Zealand journal of zoology 1(4): 509–513. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1974.9517852 Reference page.
Wightman, J.A. 1975(1974). Influence of low temperature on pupation induction in Costelytra zealandica (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). New Zealand journal of zoology 1(4): 503–507. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1974.9517851 Reference page.