Taxonavigation

Ptinella taylorae? form aptera, length about 0.56 mm (excluding abdomen)

Familia: Ptiliidae
Subfamilia: Ptiliinae
Tribus: Ptinellini
Genus: Ptinella
Species: Ptinella taylorae

Name

Ptinella taylorae Johnson, 1977: 43

• Original genus: Ptinella Motschulsky, 1844
• Original status: Valid species
• Primary type: Holotype
  • Fixation: Designated
  • Description: [Adult] female
  • Repository: MMUE, as 'Manchester Mus.'
• Type locality: 'LANCS., S.: Formby'
• ZooBank: DA321F4A-DC44-4833-9D85-5EAE08B9FB92

Primary references

• Johnson, C. 1977: A third immigrant species of Ptinella Motschulsky (Col., Ptiliidae) new to the British fauna. Entomologist's gazette 28: 43–44. Reference page.  [first availability, see p. 43, and fig. 1]

References

• Anon. 2009: Chapter 11 List of species alien in Europe and to Europe. Pp. 133-263 in: DAISIE Handbook of alien species in Europe. Invading nature: Springer series in invasion ecology, 3 ISBN 978-1-4020-8279-5 e- ISBN 978-1-4020-8280-1 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-8280-1 Google books

• Johnson, C. 1993: Ptiliidae (Col.) from the Yap Islands. Entomologist's record and journal of variation 105: 79–83. BHL Reference page.  [see p. 81]

• Sörensson, M. & Johnson, C. 2004. The first European records of the pantropical genus Bambara Vuillet, and a review of the immigrant featherwing beetles in Europe (Coleoptera: Ptiliidae). Koleopterologische rundschau 74: 287–302. abstract Reference page.  [see p. 298]