Taxonavigation

Familia: Phycosecidae
Genus: Phycosecis
Species (4): P. ammophilus – P. hilli – P. limbata – P. litoralis

Name

• Phycosecis Pascoe, 1875
  • Authority for current placement: Crowson, 1952
    • undisputed by all subsequent authorities
  • Gender: [feminine]
  • Original status: valid genus
  • Type species: not fixed in original publication
  • Originally included nominal species (4): Phycosecis discoidea Pascoe, 1875; Phycosecis atomaria Pascoe, 1875; Phycosecis algarum Pascoe, 1875; Phycosecis litoralis Pascoe, 1875

References

• Crowson, R.A. 1964: A review of the classification of Cleroidea (Coleoptera), with descriptions of two new genera of Peltidae and of several new larval types. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 116 (12): 275–327, plate 1. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1964.tb02298.x
• Lea, A.M. 1899: Descriptions of new species of Australian Coleoptera. Part V. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 23: 521–645. BHL
• Lea, A.M. 1921: On Coleoptera, mostly from Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 7: 182–240. BHL
• Leschen, R.A.B.; Beutel, R.G. 2010: 9.8. Phycosecidae Crowson, 1952. Pp. 265-268 in: Leschen, R.A.B.; Beutel, R.G.; Lawrence, J.F. (volume eds.) Coleoptera, beetles. Volume 2: Morphology and systematics (Elateroidea, Bostrichiformia, Cucujiformia partim). In: Kristensen, N.P. & Beutel, R.G. (eds.) Handbook of zoology. A natural history of the phyla of the animal kingdom. Volume IV. Arthropoda: Insecta. Part 38. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 3110190753 ISBN 9783110190755 DOI: 10.1515/9783110911213.265
• Pascoe, F.P. 1875: Descriptions of new genera and species of New Zealand Coleoptera - Part I. Annals and magazine of natural history (4), 16: 210–223, plate V. Internet Archive BHL
• Watt, J.C. 1975: Some Coleoptera from the Kermadec Islands. New Zealand entomologist, 6: 50–55. PDF BUGZ