Aulacosternus

Aulacosternus zelandicus (male)

Aulacosternus zelandicus (aedeagus)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Histeroidea

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: Histeroidea

Familia: Histeridae
Subfamilia: Histerinae
Tribus: Platysomatini
Genus: Aulacosternus
Species: A. caledoniae – A. zelandicus

Name

Aulacosternus Marseul, 1853

Synonyms

• Aulacosternus Marseul, 1853
  • Sternaulax Marseul, 1862

Type species

• Aulacosternus zelandicus Marseul, 1853, by subsequent designation by Mazur (1984: 253) [in error as 'by monotypy']

References

cited sources

• Marseul, S.A., de 1853: Essai monographique sur la famille des Histérides. Annales de la Société entomologique de France (3), 1: 131–160, 177-294. Internet Archive BHL
• Marseul, S.A., de 1862: Supplément à la monographie des Histérides. Annales de la Société entomologique de France (4), 2: 669–720. Internet Archive BHL
• Mazur, S. 1984: A world catalogue of Histeridae (Coleoptera: Histeridae). Polskie pismo entomologiczne, 54: 1–379.

Additional references

• Ôhara, M.; Mazur, S. 2000: A revision of the genera of the tribe Platysomatini (Coleoptera, Histeridae, Histerinae). Part 3: Redescriptions of the type species of Althanus, Caenolister, Idister, Diister, Placodes, Plaesius, Hyposolenus and Aulacosternus. Insecta Matsumurana (n.s.), 57: 1–37. PDF
• Wenzel, R.L. 1955: The histerid beetles of New Caledonia (Coleoptera: Histeridae). Fieldiana, zoology, 37(23): 601–634, plates 14-16. Internet Archive BHL