Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tenebrionoidea 

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: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Cucujiformia
Superfamilia: Tenebrionoidea

Familia: Aderidae
Genus: Megaxenus
Species: Megaxenus termitophilus

Name

Megaxenus termitophilus Lawrence, 1990: 648

  • Original genus: Megaxenus Lawrence, 1990
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated
    • Description: [adult] male
    • Repository: ANIC No. 95
  • Type locality: 'Queensland: ♂, 1 mile W. Kuranda, Kuranda-Mareeba Rd' [AUSTRALIA QLD]
  • ZooBank: 4427A4E0-62B4-4728-8E04-53E096EABB3D

References

  • Lawrence, J.F.; Kistner, D.H.; Pasteels, J.M. 1990: A new genus and three new species of termitophilous Aderidae (Coleoptera) from Australia, Papua New Guinea and the Philippines, with notes on their biology. Invertebrate taxonomy 4(3): 643–654. DOI: 10.1071/IT9900643 Reference page.  [See p. 648, and Figs 1-2, 6-7 (adult), 3, 8, 10-11 (larva), 14 (pupa); original description (female, male, larva)]
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