Parisopalpus | |
---|---|
Parisopalpus nigronotatus | |
Scientific 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.
- Parisopalpus defoei (Švihla & Fischer, 2012)
- Parisopalpus macleayi (Champion, 1895)
- Parisopalpus nigronotatus (Boheman, 1858)
- Parisopalpus thoracicus (Broun, 1893)
Gallery
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- "Genus Parisopalpus". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
External links
- Media related to Parisopalpus at Wikimedia Commons
Taxon identifiers | |
---|---|
Parisopalpus |
This Tenebrionidae-related article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it. |