Tarastethus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Adephaga

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: Adephaga

Familia: Carabidae
Subfamilia: Psydrinae
Tribus: Moriomorphini
Subtribus: Moriomorphina
Genus: Tarastethus
Species (6): T. alpinalis – T. convexus – T. puncticollis – T. simulans – T. sirvidi – T. southlandicus
In synonymy (1): T. fovealis

Name

• Tarastethus Sharp, 1883
  • Authority for placement: Larochelle & Larivière, 2013: 56 ('reinstated')
  • Type species: Tarastethus puncticollis Sharp, 1883
    • Fixation: designated by Broun, 1903: 457 ('... than in the typical species (T. puncticollis, Sharp), ...')
      • NOTE: Larochelle & Larivière (2013: 56) attribute the type species fixation to Lorenz (1998: 170), but fortunately the type species is the same either way

References

Primary references

• Broun, T. 1903. Descriptions of new genera and species of New Zealand Coleoptera. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7) 11(65): 450–458. DOI: 10.1080/00222930308678798 . BHL Reference page.  [type species fixation, see p. 457
• Sharp, D. 1883: Some new species and genera of Coleoptera from New Zealand. Entomologist's monthly magazine, 20: 23–27. BHL [first availability, see p. 23

Additional references

• Britton, E.B. 1940: The Carabidae (Coleoptera) of New Zealand. Part I. Pterostichini. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 69: 473–508, plates 68-75. BUGZ
• Larochelle, A. & Larivière, M.-C. 2013. Cicindelinae to Trechinae (in part) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae). Fauna of New Zealand (69) Extract and PDF Reference page.  [see p. 56]