Techmessa concolor

Taxonavigation

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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: Pyrochroidae
Subfamilia: Pilipalpinae
Genus: Techmessa
Species: Techmessa concolor

Name

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Techmessa concolor Bates, 1874

Holotype male: BMNH. Paratypes: none.

Synonymy

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  • Techmessa attenuata Broun, 1893 [syn. Watt (1987: 124)]

Holotype male: BMNH. Paratypes: none.

Type locality: Paparoa [=Howick], Auckland, North Island, New Zealand.

  • Techmessa rugicollis Broun, 1910 [syn. Watt (1987: 124)]

Holotype male: BMNH. Paratypes: none.

Type locality: Waimarino, North Island, New Zealand.

  • Techmessa unicolor: Paulus, 1971 (lapsus calami) [syn. Watt (1987: 124)]

References

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  • Pollock, D.A. 1995: Classification, reconstructed phylogeny and geographical history of genera of Pilipalpinae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea: Pyrochroidae). Invertebrate taxonomy, 9(4): 563–708. DOI: 10.1071/IT9950563 BioStor
  • Watt, J.C. 1987: The family and subfamily classification and New Zealand genera of Pythidae and Scraptiidae (Coleoptera). Systematic entomology, 12: 111–136.