Waitomophylax worthyi

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: Ulodidae
Genus: †Waitomophylax
Species: Waitomophylax worthyi

Name

• Waitomophylax worthyi (Leschen & Rhode, 2003)
  • Authority for current placement: objective synonymy of original genus, and Leschen & Rhode, 2005: 125 ('new combination')
  • Current status: valid species
  • Original genus: Archaeophylax Leschen & Rhode, 2003

Synonyms

• Archaeophylax worthyi

References

• Leschen, R.A.B. & Rhode, B.E. 2005. A replacement name for Archaeophylax Leschen and Rhode (Coleoptera: Ulodidae). New Zealand Entomologist 27(1): 125. DOI: 10.108/00779962.2004.9722134 . Reference page. 

Further reading

• Worthy, T.H. 1982: Subfossil remains from the Fred Catchment, Waitomo. New Zealand speleological bulletin, 7: 46–48. [no mention of invertebrates, but relevant to type locality]
• Worthy, T.H. 1983: Subfossil insects - a key to past diversity. Weta, 6(2): 42–43. PDF [this is the large 'zopherid' referred to on p. 42]
• Worthy, T.H. 1984: Faunal and floral remains from F1, a cave near Waitomo. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 14(4): 367–377. DOI: 10.1080/03036758.1984.10421737 [this is the large 'zopherid' referred to on p. 374