Taxonavigation

Saphobiamorpha maoriana

Familia: Scarabaeidae
Subfamilia: Scarabaeinae
Tribus: Canthonini
Genus: Saphobiamorpha
Species: Saphobiamorpha maoriana

Name

• Saphobiamorpha maoriana Brookes, 1944
  • Authority for placement: original
  • Current placement: Saphobiamorpha Brookes, 1944, as valid species
  • Gender: changeable (-us, -um, -a)
  • Original genus: Saphobiamorpha Brookes, 1944
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated
    • Description: [adult] male
    • Repository: MONZ [AI.023034, ex 'author's collection' [NOTE: This may not be the holotype, which may in fact be in NZAC!]
  • Type locality: 'Styx Saddle, near Ross, Westland, 2,800 feet'
  • ZooBank: BA567E72-544B-442F-98C4-21FC52446501

Primary references

• Brookes, A.E. 1944: Descriptions of two new genera and species of New Zealand beetles, and notes on other described species. Transactions and proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 73(4): 262–266, plate 41. full text and PDF Reference page.  [first availability, see p. 264, and fig. 2]

References

• Emberson, R.M.; Matthews, E.G. 1973: Introduced Scarabaeinae (=Coprinae) (Coleoptera) in New Zealand. New Zealand entomologist 5(3): 346–350. DOI: 10.1080/00779962.1973.9723040 Reference page.