Techmessa concolor

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

Name

Techmessa concolor Bates, 1874

Holotype male: BMNH. Paratypes: none.

Synonymy

• 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

• 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.