Taxonavigation

Molopsida polita (male, length about 6.5 mm)

Familia: Carabidae
Subfamilia: Psydrinae
Tribus: Moriomorphini
Subtribus: Moriomorphina
Genus: Molopsida
Species (6): M. antarctica – M. cordipennis – M. lindrothi – M. polita – M. seriatoporus – M. strenua

In synonymy (8): M. carbonaria – M. dubia – M. fuscipes – M. insularis – M. laevicollis – M. marginalis – M. phyllocharis – M. sulcicollis

Name

• Molopsida White, 1846
  • Authority for placement: Liebherr, 2011
  • Type species: Molopsida polita White, 1846
    • Fixation: monotypy

Primary references

• White, A. 1846. Insects of New Zealand. Pp. 1–24, plates 1–7 in: Richardson, J. & Gray, J.E. (eds) The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Erebus & Terror, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross, R.N., F.R.S., during the years 1839 to 1843. Vol. II. Reptiles, fishes, Crustacea, insects, Mollusca. London: E.W. Janson. BHL Reference page.  [first availability, see p. 6]

References

• 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. 48]

• Liebherr, J.K. 2011. Cladistic assessment of subtribal affinities within the tribe Moriomorphini with description of Rossjoycea glacialis, gen. n. and sp. n. from the South Island, and revision of Meonochilus Liebherr and Marris from the North Island, New Zealand (Coleoptera, Carabidae). ZooKeys 147: 277–335. ISBN 978-954-642-614-7 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.147.1898 Reference page. 

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