Stethaspis species

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scarabaeoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Scarabaeiformia
Superfamilia: Scarabaeoidea

Familia: Scarabaeidae
Subfamilia: Melolonthinae
Tribus: Stethaspini
Genus: Stethaspis
Species (9): S. convexa – S. discoidea – S. intermediata – S. lineata – S. longicornis – S. prasina – S. pulchra – S. simmondsi – S. suturalis

Name

Stethaspis Hope, 1837 [placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology by Melville (1983: 37), with the Name Number 2133] [source: Melville (1983: 37)]

  • Type species: Melolontha suturalis Fabricius, 1775, by designation by Melville (1983: 37) [source: Melville (1983: 37)]

Synonymy

References

Additional references

  • Boisduval, J.A. 1835: Internet Archive BHL
  • Broun, T. 1893: Manual of the New Zealand Coleoptera. Parts V, VI, VII. New Zealand Institute, Wellington. Internet Archive BHL BUGZ
  • Broun, T. 1895: Descriptions of new Coleoptera from New Zealand. Annals and magazine of natural history (6), 15: 67–88; 194-203; 234-245; 405-419. Internet Archive BHL BUGZ
  • Melville, R.V. 1983: OPINION 1244. STETHASPIS HOPE, 1837 (COLEOPTERA, SCARABAEIDAE): DESIGNATION OF TYPE SPECIES. Bulletin of zoological nomenclature, 40: 37–38. ISSN: 0007-5167 Internet Archive BHL BioStor
  • Watt, J.C. 1984: A review of some New Zealand Scarabaeidae (Coleoptera). New Zealand entomologist, 8: 4–24.
  • Given, B.B. 1952: A revision of the Melolonthinae of New Zealand. Part 1: the adult beetles. New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research bulletin, 102: 1–137. BUGZ
  • Watt, J.C. 1977: STETHASPIS HOPE, 1837, (COLEOPTERA: SCARABAEIDAE): PROPOSED DESIGNATION OF TYPE-SPECIES TO REMOVE CONFUSION AFFECTING COSTELYTRA ZEALANDICA (WHITE, 1846). Z.N.(S). 2130. Bulletin of zoological nomenclature, 34: 85–87. ISSN: 0007-5167 Internet Archive BHL
  • Schoolmeesters P. 2017. Scarabs: World Scarabaeidae Database (version Jul 2016). In: Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds. 2017. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 30th January 2017. Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858. Reference page.  [accessed on March 1, 2017]
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