Meru phyllisae

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: Meruidae
Genus: Meru
Species: Meru phyllisae

Holotype: USNM . Male. Type locality: 40 km south of Puerto Ayacucho (2°14'N 63°45'W), at El Tobogán, district of Amazonas, Venezuela
- Paratypes (many, unspecified sex)

Spangler, P.J. & Steiner, W.E., Jr. 2005. A new aquatic beetle family, Meruidae, from Venezuela (Coleoptera: Adephaga). Systematic Entomology 30(3): 339–357. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2005.00288.x . PDF.

Alarie, Y.; Short, A.E.Z.; Garcia, M.; Joly, L.J. 2011: Larval morphology of Meruidae (Coleoptera: Adephaga) and its phylogenetic implications. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 104(1): 25–36. DOI: 10.1603/AN10054

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