Taxonavigation

Aspidytes wrasei, paratype female
Taxonavigation: Adephaga 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Adephaga

Familia: Aspidytidae
Genus: Aspidytes
Species: Aspidytes wrasei

Name

  • Aspidytes wrasei Balke, Ribera & Beutel, 2003
    • Primary type: holotype
      • Fixation: designated
      • Description: [adult] male
      • Repository: ZMV
    • Type locality: base of a vertical hygropetric cliff, ca. 1200-1400 m a.s.l., below small hotel (situated at ca. 1600 m a.s.l.), Hua Shan, Qin Ling Shan, Shaanxi, China
    • Secondary types: paratypes (2)
      • Fixation: designated
      • Description: 2 [adult] females

References

  • Balke, M.; Ribera, I.; Beutel, R.G. 2003: Aspidytidae: on the discovery of a new beetle family: detailed morphological analysis, description of a second species, and key to fossil and extant adephagan families (Coleoptera). Pp. 53-66 in Jäch, M.A.; Ji, L. (eds.) Water beetles of China. Volume 3. Zoologisch - Botanische Gesellschaft, Vienna.
  • Michat, M.C. et al. 2014: Description of the second and third instars of Aspidytes wrasei Balke, Ribera & Beutel, 2003, with comments on the identification of larvae of Aspidytes Ribera, Beutel, Balke & Vogler, 2002 (Coleoptera: Aspidytidae), and phylogenetic considerations. Zootaxa 3881(4): 362–372. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3881.4.4 Reference page. 
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