Taxonavigation

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: Meruidae
Genus: Meru
Species: Meru phyllisae

Name

Type data

  • Holotype: USNM . Male. Type locality: 40 km south of Puerto Ayacucho (2°14'N 63°45'W), at El Tobogán, district of Amazonas, Venezuela
    • Paratypes (many, unspecified sex)

References

  • Alarie, Y.; Short, A.E.Z.; Garcia, M.; Joly, L.J. 2011: Larval morphology of Meruidae (Coleoptera: Adephaga) and its phylogenetic implications. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 104(1): 25–36. DOI: 10.1603/AN10054
  • Spangler, P.J.; Steiner, W.E., jr. 2005: A new aquatic beetle family, Meruidae, from Venezuela (Coleoptera: Adephaga). Systematic entomology, 30(3): 339–357. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2005.00288.x PDF
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