Talk:Ptenidium

Distribution

• New Zealand
  • Biostatus: adventive?
  • Species (4): P. laevigatum – P. punctatum – P. pusillum
    + 1 sp.
  • NOTES: Emberson (1998: 32) reported Ptenidium sp. 1 as a new record from the Chatham Islands, with the comment 'not previously reported from New Zealand (Johnson in litt.)'. The species was not indicated to be endemic to the Chatham Islands (or to New Zealand), nor was it explicitly indicated to be a new (undescribed) species. All these things were left open. Maddison in Macfarlane et al. (2010: 413) listed the 3 nominal species above plus 1 other, cited as Ptenidium n. sp. E Ch, indicating a new species endemic to the Chatham Islands, but this seems likely to be a misinterpretation of Emberson (1998: 32)

References

• Emberson, R.M. 1998: The beetle (Coleoptera) fauna of the Chatham Islands. New Zealand entomologist, 21: 25–64.
• Macfarlane, R.P. et al. 2010: [Chapter] NINE Phylum ARTHROPODA SUBPHYLUM HEXAPODA Protura, springtails, Diplura, and insects. Pp. 233-467 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.): New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume 2. Kingdom Animalia. Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand. ISBN 978-1-87725793-3

Links

• BHL bibliography
• Ptenidium – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Ptenidium.
• ION
• Nomenclator Zoologicus