Tesarius sulcipennis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scarabaeoidea
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: Staphyliniformia Superfamilia: Scarabaeoidea

Familia: Scarabaeidae
Subfamilia: Aphodiinae
Tribus: Psammodiini
Subtribus: Psammodiina
Genus: Tesarius
Species: Tesarius sulcipennis

Tesarius sulcipennis (Lea, 1904: 89)

Authority for current placement: Rakovič, 1981: 28 (caption to figs. 52-54, 'comb. n.')
Original combination: Phycochus sulcipennis
Primary type: lectotype
- Fixation: designated by Rakovič (1981: 29)
- Description: [adult]
- Repository: SAM
Type locality: 'Tasmania, Hobart' [AUSTRALIA TAS]

Lea, A.M. 1904: Descriptions of new species of Australian Coleoptera. Part VII. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 29: 60–107, plate iv. BHL Reference page. [See p. 89, and plate iv: fig. 10]
Rakovič, M. 1981: Revision of species of the tribe Psammodiini from the Australian region (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Aphodiinae) 1. Key to genera and revision of the genera Aphodopsammobius Endrödi, Psammodius Fallén, Diastictus Mulsant, Phycochus Broun and Tesarius g. n. Annotationes zoologicae et botanicae, (139): 1-37. Reference page. [lectotype designation, see p. 29]

Emberson, R.M. 2002: The beetle (Coleoptera) fauna of the Chatham Islands: additions and corrections. New Zealand entomologist, 25: 69–77. abstract and pdf
Skelley, P.E. 2000: New record for Tesarius Rakovic in South America (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae: Psammodiini). Insecta mundi, 14: 240. PDF
Stebnicka, Z.T. 2001: Aphodiinae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Fauna of New Zealand, (42 ) ISBN 0-478-09341-1
Stebnicka, Z.T.; Howden, H.F. 1996: Australian genera and species in the tribes Odontolochini, Psammodiini, Rhyparini, Stereomerini and part of the Eupariini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Aphodiinae). Invertebrate taxonomy, 10 (1): 97–170. DOI: 10.1071/IT9960097 [see p. 109]