Megadromus turgidiceps

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Adephaga

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa 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: Adephaga

Familia: Carabidae
Subfamilia: Harpalinae
Supertribus: Pterostichitae
Tribus: Pterostichini
Subtribus: Pterostichina
Genus: Megadromus
Subgenus: Megadromus (Megadromus)
Species: Megadromus turgidiceps

Name

• Megadromus turgidiceps (Broun, 1908)
  • Authority for current placement: Csiki, 1930: 547 [Megadromus as subgenus]
    • undisputed by all subsequent authorities
  • Original combination: Pterostichus turgidiceps
  • Original genus: Pterostichus
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: syntypes (2)
    • Fixation: automatic
    • Description: 1 [adult] female and 1 [adult] male
    • Repository: BMNH?
  • Type locality: 'Manawatu Gorge'

References

Primary references

• Broun, T. 1908: Descriptions of new species of New Zealand Coleoptera (continued from p. 352.) Annals and magazine of natural history (8), 2 (11): 405–422. DOI: 10.1080/00222930808692504 BHL [first availability, see p. 409]

selected references

• Britton, E.B. 1940: The Carabidae (Coleoptera) of New Zealand. Part I. Pterostichini. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 69: 473–508, plates 68-75. full text and pdf BUGZ [see p. 482, figs. 7, 58]
• Cartellieri, M.; Lövei, G.L. 2003: Seasonal dynamics and reproductive phenology of ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in fragments of native forest in the Manawatu, North Island, New Zealand. New Zealand journal of zoology, 30(1): 31–42. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2003.9518322 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Cartellieri, M.; Lövei, G.L. 2000: Seasonal dynamics and reproductive phenology of Plocamostethus planiusculus (White) and Megadromus turgidiceps (Broun), two endemic New Zealand ground beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae). Pp. 179–184 in: Brandmayr, P.; Lövei, G.L.; Casale, A.; Vigna‐Taglianti, A.; Brandmayr, T.Z. (eds.) Natural history and applied ecology of carabid beetles. Sofia: Pensoft. Pensoft series faunistica, (19 ) ISBN 9546421006 Google books
• Larochelle, A.; Larivière, M.-C. 2001: Carabidae (Insecta: Coleoptera): catalogue. Fauna of New Zealand, (43 ) ISBN 0-478-09342-X [see p. 108]
• Lövei, G.L.; Cartellieri, M. 2000: Ground beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) in forest fragments of the Manawatu, New Zealand: collapsed assemblages? Journal of insect conservation, 4 (4): 239–244. DOI: 10.1023/A:1011370806886
• Marra, M.J. 2003: Last interglacial beetle fauna from New Zealand. Quaternary research, 59 (1): 122–131. DOI: 10.1016/S0033-5894(02)00022-4