Tanychilus metallicus

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: Tenebrionidae
Subfamilia: Alleculinae
Genus: Tanychilus
Species: Tanychilus metallicus

Name

Tanychilus metallicus White, 1846

Synonyms

• Tanychilus metallicus var. rufescens Broun, 1880

• Amarosoma violacea Broun, 1910

Holotype female: BMNH. Paratypes: none.

Type locality: Titahi Bay, Wellington, North Island, New Zealand.

References

cited sources

• 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

• Kuschel, G. 1990: Beetles in a suburban environment: a New Zealand case study. DSIR Plant Protection report, (3) PDF
• Watt, J.C. 1982: Terrestrial arthropods from the Poor Knights Islands, New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 12: 283–320. BUGZ
• Watt, J.C. 1992: Tenebrionidae (Insecta: Coleoptera): catalogue of types and keys to taxa. Fauna of New Zealand, (26)