Riekella nitidioides

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tenebrionoidea

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: Tenebrionoidea

Familia: Ripiphoridae
Subfamilia: Ripidiinae
Genus: Riekella
Species: Riekella nitidioides

Name

Riekella nitidioides Selander, 1957

Synonyms

• Nephrites nitidus sensu Riek, 1955: 83–86 [misidentification]
• Riekella nitidioides Selander, 1957: 91 [pro Nephrites nitidus sensu Riek, 1955]

Type data

• Holotype (unique): 'the male specimen shown in plate 1, figure 3 of Riek's work cited' (Selander, 1957: 91)

References

• Riek E.F. 1955: The Australian Rhipidiinae parasites of cockroaches. (Coleoptera: Rhipiphoridae). Australian journal of zoology, 3: 71–94. DOI: 10.1071/ZO9550071
• Selander, R.B. 1957: The systematic position of the genus Nephrites and the phylogenetic relationships of the higher groups of Rhipiphoridae (Coleoptera). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 50: 88–103.