Geodorcus novaezealandiae

Geodorcus novaezealandiae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scarabaeoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Holometabola
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Staphyliniformia
Superfamilia: Scarabaeoidea

Familia: Lucanidae
Subfamilia: Lucaninae
Genus: Geodorcus
Species: Geodorcus novaezealandiae

Name

Geodorcus novaezealandiae (Hope, 1845: 25)

  • Original genus: Lucanus Scopoli, 1763
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: lectotype
    • Fixation: designated by Holloway, 2007: 94
    • Type kind: [adult] female
    • Repository: HDOU
  • Type locality: 'Nova Zealandia'

Synonyms

  • Dorcus abditus Broun, 1881: 673
  • Original genus: Dorcus MacLeay, 1819
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: lectotype
    • Fixation: designated by Holloway, 2007: 94
    • Type kind: [adult] male
    • Repository: BMNH
  • Type locality: 'near Wellington'
  • Dorcus punctulatus White, 1846: 9
  • Original genus: Dorcus MacLeay, 1819
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: lectotype
    • Fixation: designated by Holloway, 2007: 94
    • Type kind: [adult] male
    • Repository: BMNH
  • Type locality: 'New Zealand (Wellington)'
  • Sclerostomus caviceps Westwood, 1855: 212
  • Original genus: Sclerostomus Burmeister, 1847
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: lectotype
    • Fixation: designated by Holloway, 2007: 94
    • Type kind: [adult] male
    • Repository: HDOU
  • Type locality: 'Nova Zealandia'

References

  • Broun, T. 1881. Manual of the New Zealand Coleoptera. Part II. Pp. 653–744. Colonial Museum and Geological Survey Department, Wellington. BHL Reference page. 
  • Holloway, B.A. 2007. Lucanidae (Insecta: Coleoptera). Fauna of New Zealand, (61) ISBN 978-0-478-09395-7. Online. Reference page. 
  • Hope, F.W. & Westwood, J.O. 1845. A catalogue of the lucanoid Coleoptera, in the collection of the Rev. F. W. Hope [...] together with descriptions of the new species therein contained. J.C. Bridgewater, London. 31 pp. Online. Reference page. 
  • Westwood, J.O. 1855: Descriptions of some new species of exotic Lucanidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London (2) 3: 197-221. BHL Reference page. 
  • White, A. 1846. Insects of New Zealand. Pp. 1–24, plates 1–7 in: Richardson, J. & Gray, J.E. (eds) The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Erebus & Terror, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross, R.N., F.R.S., during the years 1839 to 1843. Vol. II. Reptiles, fishes, Crustacea, insects, Mollusca. London: E.W. Janson. BHL Reference page. 
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