Xylophilus luniger

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elateroidea

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: Elateriformia Superfamilia: Elateroidea

Familia: Eucnemidae
Subfamilia: Melasinae
Tribus: Epiphanini
Genus: Xylophilus Mannerheim
Species: Xylophilus luniger

Name

Xylophilus luniger Champion, 1916: 47

• Original genus: Xylophilus
• Original status: valid species
• Primary type: syntypes (2)
  • Fixation: 'One pair, ...'
  • Description: [adult] female (1), [adult] male (1)
  • Repository: BMNH
• Type locality: 'MOKO HINOU ISLAND, off North Island, New Zealand' [NEW ZEALAND ND]
• ZooBank: 022990BB-9925-424C-92F4-EEEAC00B47C8

References

• Champion, G.C. 1916. On new or little-known Xylophilidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London [64(1)]: 1–64, plates I, II. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1916.tb03119.x BHL Reference page.  [See p. 47, and Plate II. figs. 25, 25a, ♂.; original description (female, male)]