Taxonavigation

Familia: Corylophidae
Subfamilia: Corylophinae
Tribus: Sericoderini
Genus: Sericoderus
Species: Sericoderus brevicornis
Synonym: Sericoderus coatesi

Name

• Sericoderus coatesi Lea, 1895
  • Authority for current placement: Bowestead, 2002: 65 ('Syn. nov.')
    • undisputed by all subsequent authorities
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: lectotype
    • Fixation: designated by Bowestead, 2002: 66 ('present designation')
    • Description: [adult] male
    • Repository: SAMA
  • Type locality: "Tweed R ... N.S. Wales"

References

• Bowestead, S. 2002: Sericoderus brevicornis Matthews (Coleoptera: Corylophidae) redescribed and new to New Zealand. New Zealand entomologist, 25: 65–67. DOI: 10.1080/00779962.2002.9722096 abstract and pdf [lectotype designation, see p. 66]
• Lea, A.M. 1895. Descriptions of new species of Australian Coleoptera. Part II. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales (2), 10: 224–319. BHL [first availability, see p. 310]