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Genus of insects

Parisopalpus
Parisopalpus nigronotatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Oedemeridae
Subfamily: Oedemerinae
Tribe: Asclerini
Genus: Parisopalpus
Hudson, 1975
Type species
Parisopalpus thoracicus

Parisopalpus is a genus of false blister beetles in the family Oedemeridae. The genus was first identified by Logan Hudson in 1975, who separated the group from Sessinia due to the presence of bifid mandibles, and n males of the species visible genitalia.

Species are primarily found in Australia and New Zealand. In 2012, a new species was identified in Chile, Parisopalpus defoei.

Species

Currently four species belong to the genus Parisopalpus.

Gallery

  • Parisopalpus macleayi Parisopalpus macleayi
  • Parisopalpus nigronotatus Parisopalpus nigronotatus
  • Parisopalpus thoracicus Parisopalpus thoracicus

References

  1. ^ Hudson, Logan P (1975). "A systematic revision of the New Zealand Oedemeridae (Coleoptera, Insecta)". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 5 (3): 227–274. doi:10.1080/03036758.1975.10421850. ISSN 0303-6758.
  2. ^ Švihila, V; Fischer, FR (2012). "Parisopalpus defoei sp. nov. from Robinson Crusoe Island, Chile, the first known species of the genus from the Neotropical Region (Coleoptera: Oedemeridae)". Zootaxa. 3394 (1): 31–34. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.3394.1.3. ISSN 1175-5334.
  3. "Genus Parisopalpus". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-01-09.

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Taxon identifiers
Parisopalpus


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