Taxonavigation

Familia: Ptiliidae
Genus: Actinopteryx
Species: Actinopteryx reflexa
Synonym: Actinopteryx acuminata

Name

• Actinopteryx acuminata Britten, 1926
  • Authority for placement:
  • Original genus: Actinopteryx Matthews, 1872
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: syntypes (14, '2 specimens were found in seaweed on the beach at Long Island, vii. 1908, and 12 examples in seaweed on the beach at Anonyme Island, i. 1909.')
  • Type locality: 'Seychelles: Long Island and Anonyme Island (two cultivated islets off the coast of Mahé)'

Primary references

• Britten, H. 1926: Coleoptera, Ptiliidae (Trichopterygidae). Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (2) 19(1): 87–92. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1926.tb00542.x Reference page.  [first availability, see p. 91]

References

• Gerlach, J. 2009: Ptiliidae. Pp. 56-57 in: Gerlach, J. (ed.) 2009: The Coleoptera of the Seychelles Islands. Pensoft series faunistica, (88) full book (PDF) Reference page.  Reference page.  [see p. 56]

• Johnson, C. 1985: Revision of Ptiliidae (Coleoptera) occurring in the Mascarenes, Seychelles and neighbouring islands. Entomologica basiliensia 10: 159–237. Google books (Snippet view) Reference page.