Taxonavigation

Picrotus thoracicus (length about 1.6 mm)

Familia: Cryptophagidae
Subfamilia: Cryptophaginae
Tribus: Picrotini
Genus: Picrotus
Species: Picrotus thoracicus
Synonyms (2): P. pensus – P. sanguineus

Name

• Picrotus thoracicus Sharp, 1886
  • Primary type: lectotype
    • Fixation: designated by Leschen & Gimmel, 2012: 26 ('In order to stabilize the species names, lectotypes were designated from the material of P. thoracicus and P. sanguineus')
    • Description: [adult]
    • Repository: BMNH
  • Type locality: 'Bealey'

References

• Leschen, R.A.B. & Gimmel, M.L. 2012. Catalogue of the tribe Picrotini (Coleoptera: Cryptophagidae: Cryptophaginae). New Zealand Entomologist 35(1): 14–28. DOI: 10.1080/00779962.2012.649705 Reference page.  [lectotype designation, see p. 26]
• Sharp, D. 1886: On New Zealand Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Scientific transactions of the Royal Dublin Society (2), 3: 351–454, plates XII-XIII. BHL [first availability, see p. 395 and plate XII, fig. 9]
• Crowson, R.A. 1959: Studies on the Dermestoidea (Coleoptera), with special reference to the New Zealand fauna. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 111 (4): 81–94. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1959.tb02277.x BUGZ [see p. 88]
• Leschen, R.A.B. 1996: Phylogeny and revision of the genera of Cryptophagidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea). University of Kansas science bulletin, 55 (15): 549–634. BHL
• {{Chapter 9 in ISBN 978-1-87725793-3}} [424, listed]
• Moeed, A.; Meads, M.J. 1987: Seasonality and density of litter and humus invertebrates in broadleaf-podocarp and hard beech forests in Orongorongo Valley, New Zealand. New Zealand journal of zoology, 14 (1): 51–63. Google books [see p. 55, table 1]

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