Techmessa telephoroides

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 telephoroides

Name

• Techmessa telephoroides Bates, 1874

Holotype female: BMNH. Paratypes: none.

Synonyms

• Techmessa varians Broun, 1893: 1173
  • Authority for current placement: Watt, 1987: 125 ('syn.n.')
    • undisputed by all subsequent authorities
  • Original genus: Techmessa Bates, 1874
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: lectotype
    • Fixation: designated by Watt (1987: 125)
    • Description: [adult] female
    • Repository: BMNH
  • Type locality: 'Mount Egmont'

References

• Broun, T. 1893: Manual of the New Zealand Coleoptera. Parts V, VI, VII. New Zealand Institute, Wellington. BHL BUGZ
• 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(1): 111–136. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1987.tb00552.x