Trox quadricostatus
(Redirected from Trox elizabethae)
Taxonavigation
editTaxonavigation: Scarabaeoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Trogidae
Subfamilia: Troginae
Genus: Trox
Subgenus: Trox (Phoberus)
Species: Trox quadricostatus
Name
edit- Trox quadricostatus Scholtz, 1980
- Authority for current placement: Strümpher & Scholtz, 2009: 76 ('stat. n.')
- undisputed by all subsequent authorities
- Original status: valid subspecies of Trox natalensis
- Authority for current placement: Strümpher & Scholtz, 2009: 76 ('stat. n.')
Synonyms
edit- Trox schaborti Scholtz, 1980
- Authority for current placement: Strümpher & Scholtz, 2009: 76 ('syn. n')
- undisputed by all subsequent authorities
- Original status: valid subspecies of Trox natalensis
- Authority for current placement: Strümpher & Scholtz, 2009: 76 ('syn. n')
- Trox elizabethae van der Merwe & Scholtz, 2005 ZooBank
- Authority for current placement: Strümpher & Scholtz, 2009: 76 ('syn. n')
- undisputed by all subsequent authorities
- Original genus: Trox Fabricius, 1775
- Original status: valid species
- Primary type: holotype
- Fixation: designated
- Description: [adult] male
- Repository: TMSA
- Type locality: 'South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Ndumu Nature Reserve, 26.54S 32.17E'
- Authority for current placement: Strümpher & Scholtz, 2009: 76 ('syn. n')
References
edit- van der Merwe, Y. & Scholtz, C.H. 2005. New species of flightless Trogidae from South African relict forest fragments. African entomology 13(1): 181–186. hdl: 10520/EJC32614
- Strümpher, W.P.; Scholtz, C.H. 2009: New species and status changes of small flightless relictual Trox Fabricius from southern Africa (Coleoptera: Trogidae). Insect systematics & evolution, 40(1): 71–84. DOI: 10.1163/187631209X416723