Sericospilus cumberi

Taxonavigation

Sericospilus n.sp. nr. cumberi (male)

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: Sericospilus
Species: Sericospilus cumberi

Name

Sericospilus cumberi Given, 1953: 19

• Original genus: Sericospilus Sharp, 1882
• Original status: valid species
• Primary type: holotype
  • Fixation: designated
  • Description: [adult] male
  • Repository: NZAC
• Type locality: 'Whangaroa, Northland' [NEW ZEALAND ND]
• ZooBank: D370F9F7-01A8-4EF0-9788-3A026F75AE84

References

• Given, B.B. 1953. Notes on Melolonthinae (Coleoptera). 1. (Including description of a new species.) New Zealand Entomologist 1(3): 18–20. DOI: 10.1080/00779962.1953.9722717 Full article on BUGZ Reference page.  [See p. 19, and figs. 1, 5, 9]
• Hoy, J.M. 1955. The final instar larva of Sericospilus cumberi Given (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). New Zealand Entomologist 1(5): 1–3. DOI: 10.1080/00779962.1955.9722736 Reference page.  [NOTE: Misidentification - the larva is of a closely allied undescribed species]

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