Zecicindela austromontana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Adephaga

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: Adephaga

Familia: Cicindelidae
Tribus: Cicindelini
Subtribus: Cicindelina
Genus: Zecicindela
Species: Zecicindela austromontana
Synonyms (1): Z. incognita

Name

• Zecicindela austromontana (Bates, 1878)
  • Authority for placement: Larochelle & Larivière, 2013: 32 ('new combination')
  • Gender: changeable (-us, -um, -a)
  • Original genus: Cicindela Linnaeus, 1758
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: syntypes (2)
    • Fixation: automatic ('two examples')
    • Description: 2 [adults]
    • Repository: MNHN [lost?]
  • Type locality: 'Castle Hill, Eastern slope of New Zealand Alps, Canterbury'

Combinations

• Cicindela austromontana: original combination
• Neocicindela austromontana

References

Primary references

• Bates, H.W. 1878: New species of geodephagous Coleoptera from New Zealand. Entomologist's monthly magazine, 15: 22–28. BHL Reference page.  [first availability, see p. 22]

Additional references

• Brouerius van Nidek, C.M.C. 1965. Cicindelidae of New Zealand with descriptions of a new species and subspecies. New Zealand Journal of Science 8: 352–358. PDF Reference page. 
• Cassola, F. & Moravec, J. 2010. New records of tiger beetles from New Zealand with taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on the genus Neocicindela (Coleoptera, Cicindelidae). Fragmenta entomologica 42(1): 1–22. Reference page.  [see p. 17, and figs 4, 9, 10]
• Larochelle, A. & Larivière, M.-C. 2013. Cicindelinae to Trechinae (in part) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae). Fauna of New Zealand (69) Extract and PDF Reference page.  [see p. 32, and Figures 54, 154; Map p. 183]

Vernacular names

English: Southern mountains tiger beetle