Loxomerus brevis

Loxomerus brevis (male), length about 10 mm

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 Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Cladus: Metapterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Endopterygota Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Adephaga

Familia: Carabidae
Subfamilia: Migadopinae
Tribus: Migadopini
Genus: Loxomerus
Species: Loxomerus brevis

Name

Loxomerus brevis (Blanchard, 1843)
- Original combination: Pristonychus brevis
- Combination: Pristancylus brevis: Blanchard, 1853: 23

Synonyms

Euthenarus cilicollis Broun in Hutton, 1902
Loxomerus fossulatus Broun, 1909
- Primary type: holotype
  - Fixation: unique
  - Description: adult male
  - Repository: BMNH
- Type locality: 'Carnley Harbour'
- NOTE: Johns (1974: 291) seems to refer to a paratype of this species in CMNZ, but Broun (1909: 94) clearly indicated a unique holotype ('one specimen, on cardboard, from Mr. Hudson')

References

Blanchard, E. 1853: Description des insectes. Pp. 1–422 In: Dumont D’Urville, J.S.C. Voyage au Pôle Sud et dans l’Océanie sur les Corvettes l’Astrolabe et la Zélée; exécuté par ordre du roi pendant les années, 1837-1838-1839-1840, sous le commandement de M.J. Dumont D’Urville, capitaine de vaisseau; publié par ordre du gouvernement, sous la direction supérieure de M. Jacquinot, capitaine de vaisseau, commandant de la Zélée. Zoologie, par M.M. Hombron et Jacquinot. Volume IV. Paris. Internet Archive
Brookes, A.E. 1951: The Coleoptera of the Auckland and Campbell Islands. Cape Expedition series bulletin, (5) BUGZ
Emberson, R.M. 1992: Tentative dates of publication of the zoology plates of Dumont d'Urville's Voyage au Pol Sud, with particular reference to the Coleoptera. Archives of natural history, 19: 251–260.
Emberson, R.M. 1993: The publication dates of the zoology plates of Dumont d'Urville's Voyage au Pol Sud; nomenclatorial implications for New Zealand beetles. New Zealand entomologist, 16: 17–21.
Gourlay, E.S. 1950: Auckland Island Coleoptera. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 78: 171–202, plates 21-23. BUGZ
Jeannel, R. 1938: Les migadopides (Coleoptera Adephaga), une lignée subantartique. Revue française d'entomologie, 5: 1–55.
Johns, P.M. 1974: Arthropoda of the subantarctic islands of New Zealand (1) Coleoptera: Carabidae Southern New Zealand, Patagonian, and Falkland Islands insular Carabidae. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 4: 283–302. Google books BUGZ
Johns, P.M. 2010: Migadopini (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Migadopinae) of New Zealand. Records of the Canterbury Museum 24: 39–63. full volume (PDF) Reference page.
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Marris, J.W.M. 2000: The beetle (Coleoptera) fauna of the Antipodes Islands, with comments on the impact of mice; and an annotated checklist of the insect and arachnid fauna. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 30(2): 169–195. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2000.9517616 PDF [as Loxomerus new species]
Nicholls, D.C.; Urquhart, E.M.; Ward, J.B.; Johns, P.M. 1998: A list of insect primary types held in Canterbury Museum, Christchurch, New Zealand. Records of the Canterbury Museum, 12: 1–43.

Selected links

Subantarctic beetle database

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