Zorochros nigredos

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: Elateridae
Subfamilia: Negastriinae
Genus: Zorochros
Species: Zorochros nigredos

Name

Zorochros nigredos Schimmel & Tarnawski, 2012: 356, figs. 18, 19

• Holotype: SMND, ♂, 2-3.IX.1997, leg. Ahrens et Fabrizi.

• Type locality: NEPAL: Helambu, upper Kutumsang [28°2’N 85°3’E], 2900–3000 m,

• Etymology: The name of the new species refers to its body colour.

References

• Schimmel, R. & Tarnawski, D. 2012. New and little known species of the genus Zorochros Thomson 1859 (Coleoptera: Elateridae) from Palaearctic and Oriental Region. Annales de la Société entomologique de France (n.s.) 48(3–4) : 347–362. DOI: 10.1080/00379271.2012.10697784 Reference page.  [original description: p. 356, figs. 18, 19]